linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/3] bcache: do not assign in if condition register

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Date:   Mon, 18 Jun 2018 12:09:00 +0200
From:   Florian Schmaus <flo@...kplace.eu>
To:     Coly Li <colyli@...e.de>,
        Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@...il.com>,
        linux-bcache@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Florian Schmaus <flo@...kplace.eu>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] bcache: do not assign in if condition register_bcache()

Fixes an error condition reported by checkpatch.pl which is caused by
assigning a variable in an if condition.

Signed-off-by: Florian Schmaus <flo@...kplace.eu>
---
 drivers/md/bcache/super.c | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/super.c b/drivers/md/bcache/super.c
index fa4058e43202..db7177d422e5 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/super.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/super.c
@@ -2163,8 +2163,12 @@ static ssize_t register_bcache(struct kobject *k, struct kobj_attribute *attr,
 	if (!try_module_get(THIS_MODULE))
 		return -EBUSY;
 
-	if (!(path = kstrndup(buffer, size, GFP_KERNEL)) ||
-	    !(sb = kmalloc(sizeof(struct cache_sb), GFP_KERNEL)))
+	path = kstrndup(buffer, size, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!path)
+		goto err;
+
+	sb = kmalloc(sizeof(struct cache_sb), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!sb)
 		goto err;
 
 	err = "failed to open device";
-- 
2.16.4