On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 12:05:51PM -0700, K. Y. Srinivasan wrote: > -static void vmbus_close_internal(struct vmbus_channel *channel) > +static int vmbus_close_internal(struct vmbus_channel *channel) > { > struct vmbus_channel_close_channel *msg; > - int ret; > + int ret = 0; GCC has a feature which warns about uninitialized variables. Those features are there to help prevent bugs. You are turning the feature off here by initializing it with a bogus value. Don't do that. > > channel->state = CHANNEL_OPEN_STATE; > channel->sc_creation_callback = NULL; > @@ -502,11 +502,28 @@ static void vmbus_close_internal(struct vmbus_channel *channel) > > ret = vmbus_post_msg(msg, sizeof(struct vmbus_channel_close_channel)); > > - BUG_ON(ret != 0); > + if (ret) { > + pr_err("Close failed: close post msg return is %d\n", ret); > + /* > + * If we failed to post the close msg, > + * it is perhaps better to leak memory. > + */ > + goto close_err; Just return directly. Don't introduce do-nothing gotos to lead the reader through a series of pointless goto hops. The goto label is poorly chosen. Label names should be based on the thing which they do. "close_err" implies that something is closed but that's not the case, the label doesn't do anything. regards, dan carpenter -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html