Re: [PATCH] selftest: sync: Use common error handling code in sync_file_info()

[Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>]

On 11/20/2017 02:25 PM, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2017 22:20:37 +0100
> 
> Add a jump target so that a bit of exception handling can be better reused
> at the end of this function.
> 
> This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.

I would like to see the Coccinelle log included in the commit log

> 
> Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
> ---
>  tools/testing/selftests/sync/sync.c | 19 +++++++++----------
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/sync/sync.c b/tools/testing/selftests/sync/sync.c
> index f3d599f249b9..d0d55377f6f8 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/sync/sync.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/sync/sync.c
> @@ -92,10 +92,8 @@ static struct sync_file_info *sync_file_info(int fd)
>  		return NULL;
>  
>  	err = ioctl(fd, SYNC_IOC_FILE_INFO, info);
> -	if (err < 0) {
> -		free(info);
> -		return NULL;
> -	}
> +	if (err < 0)
> +		goto free_info;
>  
>  	num_fences = info->num_fences;
>  
> @@ -104,22 +102,23 @@ static struct sync_file_info *sync_file_info(int fd)
>  		info->num_fences = num_fences;
>  
>  		fence_info = calloc(num_fences, sizeof(*fence_info));
> -		if (!fence_info) {
> -			free(info);
> -			return NULL;
> -		}
> +		if (!fence_info)
> +			goto free_info;
>  
>  		info->sync_fence_info = (uint64_t)fence_info;
>  
>  		err = ioctl(fd, SYNC_IOC_FILE_INFO, info);
>  		if (err < 0) {
>  			free(fence_info);

Why not add a free_fence_info to make it consistent?

> -			free(info);
> -			return NULL;
> +			goto free_info;
>  		}
>  	}
>  
>  	return info;
> +
> +free_info:
> +	free(info);
> +	return NULL;
>  }
>  
>  static void sync_file_info_free(struct sync_file_info *info)
> 

thanks,
-- Shuah