Re: [PATCH] usb: hso: check for return value in hso_serial_common_create()

From: Markus Elfring
Date: Tue Jul 28 2020 - 09:19:21 EST


> in case of an error tty_register_device_attr() returns ERR_PTR(),
> add IS_ERR() check

I suggest to improve this change description a bit.

Will the tag âFixesâ become helpful for the commit message?


â
> +++ b/drivers/net/usb/hso.c
â
> @@ -2311,6 +2313,7 @@ static int hso_serial_common_create(struct hso_serial *serial, int num_urbs,
> return 0;
> exit:
> hso_serial_tty_unregister(serial);
> +exit2:
> hso_serial_common_free(serial);
> return -1;
> }

Can other labels (like âunregister_serialâ and âfree_serialâ) be preferred here?
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst?id=92ed301919932f777713b9172e525674157e983d#n485

Regards,
Markus