linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: fix error paths in microcode

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Date:	Fri, 2 Dec 2011 16:24:03 +0100
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...64.org>
To:	"Srivatsa S. Bhat" <srivatsa.bhat@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	Jan Beulich <JBeulich@...e.com>, mingo@...e.hu, tglx@...utronix.de,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hpa@...or.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: fix error paths in microcode_init()

On Fri, Dec 02, 2011 at 08:45:09PM +0530, Srivatsa S. Bhat wrote:
> Your patch fixes the issue more properly than mine, but adding your part
> on top of my patch makes the code look better. For example,
> platform_device_unregister() wouldn't need to be called twice; and we 
> can use the quite popular way of handling error path via goto statements,
> which makes the code flow much more comprehensible and intuitive.

Yes,

goto labels is the proper way for spelling error handling in the kernel
so I could very well take your patch Jan, instead, if you change it to
use goto labels for the error path as Srivatsa's patch does it. That is,
in case Ingo hasn't pulled yet.

Thanks.

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