linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RESEND] infiniband:core:Fix error handling in the function cm_lap

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Date:	Tue, 23 Feb 2016 10:54:23 +0200
From:	Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz@...lanox.com>
To:	Nicholas Krause <xerofoify@...il.com>
CC:	<dledford@...hat.com>, <sean.hefty@...el.com>,
	<hal.rosenstock@...il.com>, <matanb@...lanox.com>,
	<haggaie@...lanox.com>, <ira.weiny@...el.com>,
	<jgunthorpe@...idianresearch.com>, <yun.wang@...fitbricks.com>,
	<erezsh@...lanox.com>, <david.ahern@...cle.com>,
	<linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND] infiniband:core:Fix error handling in the function
 cm_lap_handler

On 2/22/2016 8:59 PM, Nicholas Krause wrote:
> This fixes error handling in the function cm_lap_handler to properly
> check if the internal call to the function cm_init_av_for_response
> has failed by returning a error code and if so exit immediately from
> this particular function by freeing all previously allocated
> resources before returning the error code to this function's caller
> in order to allow the caller to handle the error properly in it's
>
> Signed-off-by: Nicholas Krause<xerofoify@...il.com>

I think this is the longest sentence I have ever read in English, and it 
even doesn't have a end... please break it and tell us the (hopefully) 
happy end.

Use IB/core: prefix and point to the commit you are fixing

Fixes: xxx ('yyy')

where xxx is the 12 digit abbrev-iated git short log  and yyy the commit 
title