linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] edac: Fix reference count leak in edac_device_register_sysfs_main

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Date:   Fri, 29 May 2020 11:20:42 +0200
From:   Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To:     Qiushi Wu <wu000273@....edu>, linux-edac@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Doug Thompson <dougthompson@...ssion.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        James Morse <james.morse@....com>, Kangjie Lu <kjlu@....edu>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        Robert Richter <rrichter@...vell.com>,
        Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] edac: Fix reference count leak in
 edac_device_register_sysfs_main_kobj()

…
> +++ b/drivers/edac/edac_device_sysfs.c
> @@ -275,6 +275,7 @@ int edac_device_register_sysfs_main_kobj(struct edac_device_ctl_info *edac_dev)
>
>  	/* Error exit stack */
>  err_kobj_reg:
> +	kobject_put(&edac_dev->kobj);
>  	module_put(edac_dev->owner);
>
>  err_out:

I suggest to modify the affected source code in a different way.

* The label “err_out” can be replaced by direct return statement,
  can't it?
  https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst?id=75caf310d16cc5e2f851c048cd597f5437013368#n456

* I interpret the function implementation in the way
  that that there is only one if branch where clean-up of
  system resources is needed.
  Thus I would prefer to specify corresponding complete exception handling
  directly at this place (instead of using the goto statement).

Regards,
Markus