linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH bpf-next v3 1/6] bpf: Factorize bpf_trace_printk and bpf_seq

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Date:   Wed, 14 Apr 2021 12:56:46 +0200
From:   Florent Revest <revest@...omium.org>
To:     Andrii Nakryiko <andrii.nakryiko@...il.com>
Cc:     bpf <bpf@...r.kernel.org>, Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@...nel.org>,
        Yonghong Song <yhs@...com>, KP Singh <kpsingh@...nel.org>,
        Brendan Jackman <jackmanb@...omium.org>,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next v3 1/6] bpf: Factorize bpf_trace_printk and bpf_seq_printf

On Wed, Apr 14, 2021 at 11:56 AM Florent Revest <revest@...omium.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 14, 2021 at 1:01 AM Andrii Nakryiko
> <andrii.nakryiko@...il.com> wrote:
> > On Mon, Apr 12, 2021 at 8:38 AM Florent Revest <revest@...omium.org> wrote:
> > > +       err = 0;
> > > +out:
> > > +       put_fmt_tmp_buf();
> >
> > so you are putting tmp_buf unconditionally, even when there was no
> > error. That seems wrong? Should this be:
> >
> > if (err)
> >     put_fmt_tmp_buf()
> >
> > ?
>
> Yeah the naming is unfortunate, as discussed in the other patch, I
> will rename that to bpf_pintf_cleanup instead. It's not clear from the
> name that it only "puts" if the buffer was already gotten.

Ah, sorry I see what you meant! Indeed, my mistake. :|