netdev - [patch] rdma: potential ERR

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Date:	Thu, 22 Apr 2010 11:55:27 +0200
From:	Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>
To:	Andy Grover <andy.grover@...cle.com>
Cc:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, rds-devel@....oracle.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [patch] rdma: potential ERR_PTR dereference

In the original code, the "goto out" calls "rdma_destroy_id(cm_id);"
That isn't needed here and would cause problems because "cm_id" is an 
ERR_PTR.  The new code just returns directly.

Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>

diff --git a/net/rds/rdma_transport.c b/net/rds/rdma_transport.c
index 9ece910..7b15508 100644
--- a/net/rds/rdma_transport.c
+++ b/net/rds/rdma_transport.c
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ static int __init rds_rdma_listen_init(void)
 		ret = PTR_ERR(cm_id);
 		printk(KERN_ERR "RDS/RDMA: failed to setup listener, "
 		       "rdma_create_id() returned %d\n", ret);
-		goto out;
+		return ret;
 	}
 
 	sin.sin_family = AF_INET,
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