In tty_dev_name_to_number(), a guard can help to make the code easier to follow. Especially how 0 is returned in the successful case. So use a guard there. Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby (SUSE) <jirislaby@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/tty/tty_io.c | 11 ++++------- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c index bc9aebcb873f..267682bcfea0 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c +++ b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c @@ -350,22 +350,19 @@ int tty_dev_name_to_number(const char *name, dev_t *number) return ret; prefix_length = str - name; - mutex_lock(&tty_mutex); + + guard(mutex)(&tty_mutex); list_for_each_entry(p, &tty_drivers, tty_drivers) if (prefix_length == strlen(p->name) && strncmp(name, p->name, prefix_length) == 0) { if (index < p->num) { *number = MKDEV(p->major, p->minor_start + index); - goto out; + return 0; } } - /* if here then driver wasn't found */ - ret = -ENODEV; -out: - mutex_unlock(&tty_mutex); - return ret; + return -ENODEV; } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tty_dev_name_to_number); -- 2.46.0