linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] powerpc: Use common error handling code in setup_new

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Date:   Wed, 14 Mar 2018 18:22:07 -0300
From:   Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:     SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Cc:     linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>,
        Brijesh Singh <brijesh.singh@....com>,
        Josh Sklar <sklar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc: Use common error handling code in setup_new_fdt()


SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net> writes:

> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> 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@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> ---
>  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@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>

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Thiago Jung Bauermann
IBM Linux Technology Center