The err variable was the same like retval, but capped to <= 0. This is the
same as retval as elf_read() never returns positive values.
Signed-off-by: Rolf Eike Beer <eb@xxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/binfmt_elf.c | 10 ++--------
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf.c b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
index cfd5f7ad019d..1fdc92e95170 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ static struct elf_phdr *load_elf_phdrs(const struct elfhdr *elf_ex,
struct file *elf_file)
{
struct elf_phdr *elf_phdata = NULL;
- int retval, err = -1;
+ int retval = -1;
unsigned int size;
/*
@@ -484,15 +484,9 @@ static struct elf_phdr *load_elf_phdrs(const struct elfhdr *elf_ex,
/* Read in the program headers */
retval = elf_read(elf_file, elf_phdata, size, elf_ex->e_phoff);
- if (retval < 0) {
- err = retval;
- goto out;
- }
- /* Success! */
- err = 0;
out:
- if (err) {
+ if (retval) {
kfree(elf_phdata);
elf_phdata = NULL;
}
--
2.37.3
--
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