Re: [PATCH] bpf: Use common error handling code in bpf_is_state_visited()

["Emil Tsalapatis" <emil@etsalapatis.com>]

On Wed Jun 17, 2026 at 3:30 PM EDT, Markus Elfring wrote:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2026 21:15:08 +0200
>
> Use an additional label so that a bit of exception handling can be better
> reused at the end of this function implementation.
>
> This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.
>
> Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>

Reviewed-by: Emil Tsalapatis <emil@etsalapatis.com>

Can you resend with [PATCH bpf-next] in the title? Right now it's not
celar which tree this is targeting so Patchwork is treating this as
a netdev patch.

> ---
>  kernel/bpf/states.c | 20 ++++++++++----------
>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/bpf/states.c b/kernel/bpf/states.c
> index 5945956a7573..09f87e2bb1e6 100644
> --- a/kernel/bpf/states.c
> +++ b/kernel/bpf/states.c
> @@ -1566,21 +1566,16 @@ int bpf_is_state_visited(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, int insn_idx)
>  	/* add new state to the head of linked list */
>  	new = &new_sl->state;
>  	err = bpf_copy_verifier_state(new, cur);
> -	if (err) {
> -		bpf_free_verifier_state(new, false);
> -		kfree(new_sl);
> -		return err;
> -	}
> +	if (err)
> +		goto free_verifier_state;
> +
>  	new->insn_idx = insn_idx;
>  	verifier_bug_if(new->branches != 1, env,
>  			"%s:branches_to_explore=%d insn %d",
>  			__func__, new->branches, insn_idx);
>  	err = maybe_enter_scc(env, new);
> -	if (err) {
> -		bpf_free_verifier_state(new, false);
> -		kfree(new_sl);
> -		return err;
> -	}
> +	if (err)
> +		goto free_verifier_state;
>  
>  	cur->parent = new;
>  	cur->first_insn_idx = insn_idx;
> @@ -1588,4 +1583,9 @@ int bpf_is_state_visited(struct bpf_verifier_env *env, int insn_idx)
>  	bpf_clear_jmp_history(cur);
>  	list_add(&new_sl->node, head);
>  	return 0;
> +
> +free_verifier_state:
> +	bpf_free_verifier_state(new, false);
> +	kfree(new_sl);
> +	return err;
>  }