linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 06/10] sysctl: drop away useless label

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Date:	Wed, 06 Apr 2016 14:34:01 +0300
From:	Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Dmitry Kasatkin <dmitry.kasatkin@...il.com>,
	Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-api@...r.kernel.org,
	Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>,
	linux-efi@...r.kernel.org, Matt Fleming <matt@...eblueprint.co.uk>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 06/10] sysctl: drop away useless label

On Tue, 2016-04-05 at 15:17 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Tue,  5 Apr 2016 16:56:15 +0300 Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@
> linux.intel.com> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > We have no locking in bin_uuid(). Thus, we may remove the out label
> > and use
> > return statements directly.
> > 

> Sure, but we may add locking or resource allocation in the future, in
> which case this change will need to be undone.  I think it's better to
> leave the code as-is.  It's presently quite typical kernel code.

I have noticed you updated the patch already. I'm fine with either. 

-- 
Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Intel Finland Oy