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Re: [lustre-devel] [PATCH 05/12] staging: lustre: Optimize error handling in class_register_type()

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On Jul 26, 2016, at 3:11 PM, Oleg Drokin wrote:

> 
> On Jul 26, 2016, at 3:05 PM, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
> 
>> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
>> Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2016 14:23:23 +0200
>> 
>> Return a constant error code without storing it in the local variable "rc"
>> after a failed memory allocation at the beginning of this function.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
>> ---
>> drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/genops.c | 3 +--
>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
>> 
>> diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/genops.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/genops.c
>> index fd5e61f..4752091 100644
>> --- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/genops.c
>> +++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/genops.c
>> @@ -152,10 +152,9 @@ int class_register_type(struct obd_ops *dt_ops, struct md_ops *md_ops,
>> 		return -EEXIST;
>> 	}
>> 
>> -	rc = -ENOMEM;
> 
> NAK.
> when you do this, the next statement below breaks:

Ah, I see there was patch 4 before patch 5 that actually placed rc assignments
everywhere.

So I guess it is fine after all.

Sorry for the noise.

> 
>> 	type = kzalloc(sizeof(*type), GFP_NOFS);
>> 	if (!type)
>> -		return rc;
>> +		return -ENOMEM;
>> 
>> 	type->typ_dt_ops = kzalloc(sizeof(*type->typ_dt_ops), GFP_NOFS);
>> 	if (!type->typ_dt_ops) {
> …
>                goto failed;
> 
> failed:
> …
> return rc;
> 
> So we are now returning an unitialized rc, did you get a gcc warning about it when compiling?
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[PATCH 00/12] staging-Lustre: Fine-tuning for seven function  implementations SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> - 2016-07-26 21:00 +0200
  [PATCH 01/12] staging/lustre/ldlm: Delete unnecessary checks before  the function call "kset_unregister" SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> - 2016-07-26 21:00 +0200
  [PATCH 04/12] staging: lustre: Split a condition check in  class_register_type() SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> - 2016-07-26 21:10 +0200
  [PATCH 06/12] staging: lustre: Return directly after a failed  kcalloc() in mgc_process_recover_log() SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> - 2016-07-26 21:10 +0200
  [PATCH 02/12] staging: lustre: Delete unnecessary checks before the  function call "kobject_put" SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> - 2016-07-26 21:10 +0200
  [PATCH 07/12] staging: lustre: Less checks after a failed  alloc_page() in mgc_process_recover_log() SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> - 2016-07-26 21:10 +0200
  [PATCH 08/12] staging: lustre: Less checks after a failed  ptlrpc_request_alloc() in mgc_process_recover_log() SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> - 2016-07-26 21:10 +0200
  [PATCH 05/12] staging: lustre: Optimize error handling in  class_register_type() SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> - 2016-07-26 21:10 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 05/12] staging: lustre: Optimize error handling in class_register_type() Oleg Drokin <oleg.drokin@intel.com> - 2016-07-26 21:20 +0200
      Re: [lustre-devel] [PATCH 05/12] staging: lustre: Optimize error handling in class_register_type() Oleg Drokin <oleg.drokin@intel.com> - 2016-07-26 21:20 +0200
      Re: staging: lustre: Optimize error handling in class_register_type() SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> - 2016-07-26 22:20 +0200
  Re: [PATCH 03/12] staging: lustre: One function call less in class_register_type() after error detection Oleg Drokin <oleg.drokin@intel.com> - 2016-07-26 21:10 +0200
    Re: staging: lustre: One function call less in class_register_type()  after error detection SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> - 2016-07-26 22:00 +0200
      Re: staging: lustre: One function call less in class_register_type() after error detection Oleg Drokin <oleg.drokin@intel.com> - 2016-07-27 00:00 +0200
        Re: staging: lustre: One function call less in class_register_type()  after error detection SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> - 2016-07-28 08:00 +0200
          Re: [lustre-devel] staging: lustre: One function call less in class_register_type() after error detection Oleg Drokin <oleg.drokin@intel.com> - 2016-07-29 17:30 +0200
            Re: [lustre-devel] staging: lustre: One function call less in  class_register_type() after error detection SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> - 2016-07-30 08:30 +0200
  [PATCH 03/12] staging: lustre: One function call less in  class_register_type() after error detection SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> - 2016-07-26 21:10 +0200
  [PATCH 12/12] staging: lustre: Delete an unnecessary variable  initialisation in mgc_process_recover_log() SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> - 2016-07-26 21:20 +0200
  [PATCH 11/12] staging: lustre: Move an assignment for the variable  "eof" in mgc_process_recover_log() SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> - 2016-07-26 21:20 +0200
  [PATCH 10/12] staging: lustre: Rename jump labels in  mgc_process_recover_log() SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> - 2016-07-26 21:20 +0200
  [PATCH 09/12] staging: lustre: Delete a check for the variable "req"  in mgc_process_recover_log() SF Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> - 2016-07-26 21:20 +0200

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