linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 5/8] sysctl: drop away useless label

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Date:	Mon,  4 Apr 2016 16:30:07 +0300
From:	Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>,
	Matt Fleming <matt@...eblueprint.co.uk>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-efi@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-api@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 5/8] sysctl: drop away useless label

We have no locking in bin_uuid(). Thus, we may remove the out label and use
return statements directly.

Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
---
 kernel/sysctl_binary.c | 12 ++++--------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/sysctl_binary.c b/kernel/sysctl_binary.c
index 10a1d7d..055ad65 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl_binary.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl_binary.c
@@ -1123,15 +1123,14 @@ static ssize_t bin_uuid(struct file *file,
 
 		result = kernel_read(file, 0, buf, sizeof(buf) - 1);
 		if (result < 0)
-			goto out;
+			return result;
 
 		buf[result] = '\0';
 
 		/* Convert the uuid to from a string to binary */
 		for (i = 0; i < 16; i++) {
-			result = -EIO;
 			if (!isxdigit(str[0]) || !isxdigit(str[1]))
-				goto out;
+				return -EIO;
 
 			uuid[i] = (hex_to_bin(str[0]) << 4) |
 					hex_to_bin(str[1]);
@@ -1143,15 +1142,12 @@ static ssize_t bin_uuid(struct file *file,
 		if (oldlen > 16)
 			oldlen = 16;
 
-		result = -EFAULT;
 		if (copy_to_user(oldval, uuid, oldlen))
-			goto out;
+			return -EFAULT;
 
 		copied = oldlen;
 	}
-	result = copied;
-out:
-	return result;
+	return copied;
 }
 
 static ssize_t bin_dn_node_address(struct file *file,
-- 
2.8.0.rc3