linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Remove double initialization of retval in load_misc

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Date:	Wed, 08 Apr 2009 09:56:29 +0200
From:	Vitaly Mayatskikh <v.mayatskih@...il.com>
To:	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>
Cc:	Vitaly Mayatskikh <v.mayatskih@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Pavel Emelianov <xemul@...nvz.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Remove double initialization of retval in 	load_misc_binary()

At Wed, 8 Apr 2009 10:32:48 +0300, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:

> Probably, better way is removing both 'retval = -ENOEXEC;'  and initialize it within definition.

Agree.

Signed-off-by: Vitaly Mayatskikh <v.mayatskih@...il.com>

diff --git a/fs/binfmt_misc.c b/fs/binfmt_misc.c
index c4e8353..f10150f 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_misc.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_misc.c
@@ -109,14 +109,12 @@ static int load_misc_binary(struct linux_binprm *bprm, struct pt_regs *regs)
 	struct file * interp_file = NULL;
 	char iname[BINPRM_BUF_SIZE];
 	char *iname_addr = iname;
-	int retval;
+	int retval = -ENOEXEC;
 	int fd_binary = -1;
 
-	retval = -ENOEXEC;
 	if (!enabled)
 		goto _ret;
 
-	retval = -ENOEXEC;
 	if (bprm->recursion_depth > BINPRM_MAX_RECURSION)
 		goto _ret;
 

-- 
wbr, Vitaly
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