Re: [1/2] ubifs: Fix potential memory leaks while iterating entries

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On Mon, Jun 1, 2020 at 4:00 PM Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@xxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >> I suggest to avoid the specification of duplicate function calls
> >> (also for the desired exception handling).
> >> Will it be helpful to add a few jump targets?
> >> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst?id=3d77e6a8804abcc0504c904bd6e5cdf3a5cf8162#n455
> > I've thought about using "goto err_tag_2" in kill_xattrs code block to release prev xent,
>
> I propose to choose better labels.
>
>
> > but later it needs to jump to 'out_release tag‘ for releasing previously requested memory,
> > which can clutter the code.
>
> Would you like to reconsider this view?
>
>
> > It seems that two consecutive 'goto tags' will make the code less readable.
>
> How do you think about to try another software adjustment out in such a design direction?
>
>
> Can it make sense to combine changes together with the update step
> “ubifs: dent: Fix some potential memory leaks while iterating entries”
> into a single patch?
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mtd/20200601091037.3794172-2-chengzhihao1@xxxxxxxxxx/
> https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/1250456/

No. Please stop this kind of bikeshedding.
Zhihao, feel free to ignore all "advice" given by Markus Elfring.

-- 
Thanks,
//richard

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