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

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Date:   Fri, 29 May 2020 11:36:44 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
Cc:     Qiushi Wu <wu000273@....edu>, linux-edac@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        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()

On Fri, May 29, 2020 at 11:20:42AM +0200, Markus Elfring wrote:
> * The label “err_out” can be replaced by direct return statement,
>   can't it?

No, it cannot. It keeps the error handling code out-of-line so that the
function body remains readable.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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