Re: [PATCH] powerpc: Use common error handling code in setup_new_fdt()

From: Dan Carpenter
Date: Thu Mar 15 2018 - 07:59:03 EST


On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 06:22:07PM -0300, Thiago Jung Bauermann wrote:
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> SF Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
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> > From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2018 09:03:42 +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.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > arch/powerpc/kernel/machine_kexec_file_64.c | 28 ++++++++++++----------------
> > 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
>
> I liked it. Thanks!
>
> Reviewed-by: Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>

You know that compilers already re-use string constants so this doesn't
actually save memory? Also we should be preserving the error codes
instead of always returning -EINVAL.

regards,
dan carpenter