linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/4] swim: Release memory region after incorrect return/goto

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Date:	Tue,  4 Jun 2013 07:44:17 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Laurent Vivier <laurent@...vier.info>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] swim: Release memory region after incorrect return/goto

The code uses

	return foo;
	goto err_type;

when instead the form should have been

	ret = foo;
	goto err_type;

Here this causes a useful release_mem_region to be skipped.

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
---
 drivers/block/swim.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/block/swim.c b/drivers/block/swim.c
index 2f445b7..8ed6ccb 100644
--- a/drivers/block/swim.c
+++ b/drivers/block/swim.c
@@ -893,7 +893,7 @@ static int swim_probe(struct platform_device *dev)
 
 	swim_base = ioremap(res->start, resource_size(res));
 	if (!swim_base) {
-		return -ENOMEM;
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto out_release_io;
 	}
 
-- 
1.8.1.2.459.gbcd45b4.dirty

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