[PATCH 2/2] staging: wilc1000: One function call less in mac_ioctl() after error detection

From: SF Markus Elfring
Date: Sat Jun 27 2015 - 10:37:45 EST


From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2015 16:00:59 +0200

The kfree() function was called in two cases by the mac_ioctl() function
during error handling even if the passed variable did not contain a pointer
for a valid data item.

* This implementation detail could be improved by the introduction
of another jump label.

* Drop an unnecessary initialisation for the variable "buff" then.

Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c | 10 ++++------
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c
index 2aa8d9b..f492310 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c
@@ -2351,16 +2351,13 @@ int mac_close(struct net_device *ndev)

int mac_ioctl(struct net_device *ndev, struct ifreq *req, int cmd)
{
-
- u8 *buff = NULL;
+ u8 *buff;
s8 rssi;
u32 size = 0, length = 0;
perInterface_wlan_t *nic;
struct WILC_WFI_priv *priv;
s32 s32Error = WILC_SUCCESS;

-
-
/* struct iwreq *wrq = (struct iwreq *) req; // tony moved to case SIOCSIWPRIV */
#ifdef USE_WIRELESS
nic = netdev_priv(ndev);
@@ -2405,7 +2402,7 @@ int mac_ioctl(struct net_device *ndev, struct ifreq *req, int cmd)
if (copy_to_user(wrq->u.data.pointer, buff, size)) {
PRINT_ER("%s: failed to copy data to user buffer\n", __func__);
s32Error = -EFAULT;
- goto done;
+ goto free_buffer;
}
}
}
@@ -2420,8 +2417,9 @@ int mac_ioctl(struct net_device *ndev, struct ifreq *req, int cmd)
}
}

-done:
+free_buffer:
kfree(buff);
+done:
return s32Error;
}

--
2.4.4

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