linux-kernel - [PATCHv2 06/24] sys_swapon: simplify error flow in alloc_swap

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Date:	Sat,  5 Mar 2011 13:42:07 -0300
From:	Cesar Eduardo Barros <cesarb@...arb.net>
To:	linux-mm@...ck.org
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>,
	Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@...il.com>,
	Jens Axboe <jaxboe@...ionio.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Eric B Munson <emunson@...bm.net>,
	Cesar Eduardo Barros <cesarb@...arb.net>
Subject: [PATCHv2 06/24] sys_swapon: simplify error flow in alloc_swap_info

Since there is no cleanup to do, there is no reason to jump to a label.
Return directly instead.

Signed-off-by: Cesar Eduardo Barros <cesarb@...arb.net>
Tested-by: Eric B Munson <emunson@...bm.net>
Acked-by: Eric B Munson <emunson@...bm.net>
---
 mm/swapfile.c |    7 +------
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/swapfile.c b/mm/swapfile.c
index 8969b37..c97dc4b 100644
--- a/mm/swapfile.c
+++ b/mm/swapfile.c
@@ -1848,7 +1848,6 @@ static struct swap_info_struct *alloc_swap_info(void)
 {
 	struct swap_info_struct *p;
 	unsigned int type;
-	int error;
 
 	p = kzalloc(sizeof(*p), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!p)
@@ -1859,11 +1858,10 @@ static struct swap_info_struct *alloc_swap_info(void)
 		if (!(swap_info[type]->flags & SWP_USED))
 			break;
 	}
-	error = -EPERM;
 	if (type >= MAX_SWAPFILES) {
 		spin_unlock(&swap_lock);
 		kfree(p);
-		goto out;
+		return ERR_PTR(-EPERM);
 	}
 	if (type >= nr_swapfiles) {
 		p->type = type;
@@ -1889,9 +1887,6 @@ static struct swap_info_struct *alloc_swap_info(void)
 	spin_unlock(&swap_lock);
 
 	return p;
-
-out:
-	return ERR_PTR(error);
 }
 
 SYSCALL_DEFINE2(swapon, const char __user *, specialfile, int, swap_flags)
-- 
1.7.4

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