linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] nfp: Improve unlocking of a mutex in area_cache

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Date:   Sat, 28 Oct 2017 10:04:11 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>
To:     SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, oss-drivers@...ronome.com,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Simon Horman <simon.horman@...ronome.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] nfp: Improve unlocking of a mutex in area_cache_get()

On Sat, 28 Oct 2017 17:18:56 +0200, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2017 17:12:10 +0200
> 
> Add a jump target so that a call of the function "mutex_unlock" is stored
> only once at the end of this function implementation.
> Replace four calls by goto statements.
> 
> This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>

Acked-by: Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>