linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] staging: lustre: Less function calls in class_register

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Date:	Wed, 25 Nov 2015 08:39:01 -0800
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Cc:	Andreas Dilger <andreas.dilger@...el.com>,
	Oleg Drokin <oleg.drokin@...el.com>,
	lustre-devel@...ts.lustre.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
	Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] staging: lustre: Less function calls in
 class_register_type() after error detection

On Thu, Nov 05, 2015 at 01:20:33PM +0100, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2015 12:48:58 +0100
> 
> The functions "kfree" and "kobject_put" were called in a few cases by the
> function "class_register_type" during error handling even if the passed
> variable contained a null pointer.
> 
> This implementation detail could be improved by the adjustment of
> jump targets.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/genops.c | 26 +++++++++++++++----------
>  1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

Does not apply to my staging-next branch :(

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