linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] ext4: More buffer head reference leaks

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Date:	Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:53:36 +0530
From:	"Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Curt Wohlgemuth <curtw@...gle.com>
Cc:	ext4 development <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: More buffer head reference leaks

> 
> diff -Naur orig/fs/ext4/namei.c new/fs/ext4/namei.c
> --- orig/fs/ext4/namei.c	2009-07-14 11:19:46.000000000 -0700
> +++ new/fs/ext4/namei.c	2009-07-14 11:19:28.000000000 -0700
> @@ -1498,12 +1498,14 @@
> 
>  	sb = dir->i_sb;
>  	blocksize = sb->s_blocksize;
> -	if (!dentry->d_name.len)
> -		return -EINVAL;
> +	if (!dentry->d_name.len) {
> +		retval = -EINVAL;
> +		goto out;
> +	}
>

Do we really need those goto changes. We just return even at the label "out".
Seperating that out of the patch makes review easier

-aneesh
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