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Date:	Tue, 26 Jul 2016 22:11:00 +0200
From:	SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
To:	Oleg Drokin <oleg.drokin@...el.com>
Cc:	devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, lustre-devel@...ts.lustre.org,
	Andreas Dilger <andreas.dilger@...el.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
	Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>,
	Bhumika Goyal <bhumirks@...il.com>
Subject: Re: staging: lustre: Optimize error handling in class_register_type()

> NAK.
> when you do this, the next statement below breaks:

I wonder about this conclusion.


>> 	type = kzalloc(sizeof(*type), GFP_NOFS);
>> 	if (!type)
>> -		return rc;
>> +		return -ENOMEM;
>>
>> 	type->typ_dt_ops = kzalloc(sizeof(*type->typ_dt_ops), GFP_NOFS);
>> 	if (!type->typ_dt_ops) {
> …
>                 goto failed;
> 
>  failed:
> …
> return rc;
> 
> So we are now returning an unitialized rc, did you get a gcc warning about it when compiling?

I do not get such an impression if my corresponding update suggestion
"[PATCH 04/12] staging: lustre: Split a condition check in class_register_type()"
will be considered for this use case once more.
https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/7/26/462
https://www.mail-archive.com/linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org/msg1197227.html

Regards,
Markus

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