Re: [PATCH] ipmi: remve duplicate code in __ipmi_bmc_register()

[Corey Minyard <cminyard@mvista.com>]

On Mon, Jul 20, 2020 at 04:08:38PM +0800, Jing Xiangfeng wrote:
> __ipmi_bmc_register() jumps to the label 'out_free_my_dev_name' in an
> error path. So we can remove duplicate code in the if (rv).

Looks correct, queued for next release.

Thanks,

-corey

> 
> Signed-off-by: Jing Xiangfeng <jingxiangfeng@huawei.com>
> ---
>  drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c | 2 --
>  1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
> index e1b22fe0916c..737c0b6b24ea 100644
> --- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
> +++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
> @@ -3080,8 +3080,6 @@ static int __ipmi_bmc_register(struct ipmi_smi *intf,
>  	rv = sysfs_create_link(&bmc->pdev.dev.kobj, &intf->si_dev->kobj,
>  			       intf->my_dev_name);
>  	if (rv) {
> -		kfree(intf->my_dev_name);
> -		intf->my_dev_name = NULL;
>  		dev_err(intf->si_dev, "Unable to create symlink to bmc: %d\n",
>  			rv);
>  		goto out_free_my_dev_name;
> -- 
> 2.17.1
>