+ sysctl-drop-away-useless-label.patch added to -mm tree

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The patch titled
     Subject: sysctl: drop away useless label
has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
     sysctl-drop-away-useless-label.patch

This patch should soon appear at
    http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/sysctl-drop-away-useless-label.patch
and later at
    http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/sysctl-drop-away-useless-label.patch

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From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: sysctl: drop away useless label

We have no locking in bin_uuid(). Thus, we may remove the out label and use
return statements directly.

Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Matt Fleming <matt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

 kernel/sysctl_binary.c |   12 ++++--------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff -puN kernel/sysctl_binary.c~sysctl-drop-away-useless-label kernel/sysctl_binary.c
--- a/kernel/sysctl_binary.c~sysctl-drop-away-useless-label
+++ a/kernel/sysctl_binary.c
@@ -1123,15 +1123,14 @@ static ssize_t bin_uuid(struct file *fil
 
 		result = kernel_read(file, 0, buf, sizeof(buf) - 1);
 		if (result < 0)
-			goto out;
+			return result;
 
 		buf[result] = '\0';
 
 		/* Convert the uuid to from a string to binary */
 		for (i = 0; i < 16; i++) {
-			result = -EIO;
 			if (!isxdigit(str[0]) || !isxdigit(str[1]))
-				goto out;
+				return -EIO;
 
 			uuid[i] = (hex_to_bin(str[0]) << 4) |
 					hex_to_bin(str[1]);
@@ -1143,15 +1142,12 @@ static ssize_t bin_uuid(struct file *fil
 		if (oldlen > 16)
 			oldlen = 16;
 
-		result = -EFAULT;
 		if (copy_to_user(oldval, uuid, oldlen))
-			goto out;
+			return -EFAULT;
 
 		copied = oldlen;
 	}
-	result = copied;
-out:
-	return result;
+	return copied;
 }
 
 static ssize_t bin_dn_node_address(struct file *file,
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are

lib-vsprintf-simplify-uuid-printing.patch
lib-uuid-move-generate_random_uuid-to-uuidc.patch
lib-uuid-introduce-few-more-generic-helpers-for-uuid.patch
lib-uuid-remove-fsf-address.patch
sysctl-drop-away-useless-label.patch
sysctl-use-generic-uuid-library.patch
efi-redefine-type-constant-macro-from-generic-code.patch
efivars-use-generic-uuid-library.patch

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