Re: [PATCH] vmalloc.c: fix double error checking

From: Tejun Heo
Date: Tue Jul 07 2009 - 22:02:25 EST


Figo.zhang wrote:
> On Wed, 2009-07-08 at 09:19 +0900, Tejun Heo wrote:
>> Figo.zhang wrote:
>>> it is no need for double error checking.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Figo.zhang <figo1802@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> - err = vmap_pud_range(pgd, addr, next, prot, pages, &nr);
>>> - if (err)
>>> - break;
>>> + if (vmap_pud_range(pgd, addr, next, prot, pages, &nr))
>>> + return -ENOMEM;
>> Wouldn't it be better to keep the error return value?
>
> see the vmap_pud_range(), if suceed return 0, if error return "-ENOMEM",
> so it had better use clearly logic if error directly return "-EOMEM",
> avoid double checking.

Yeah, I saw that but I still think it would be (minutely) better to
just pass through the error value. It isn't exclusive with double
error checking, just do err = vmap_pud_range(); if (err) return err;

Thanks.

--
tejun
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