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Message-ID: <YYT/LibxFzssNUJN@kroah.com>
Date:   Fri, 5 Nov 2021 10:53:50 +0100
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Saurav Girepunje <saurav.girepunje@...il.com>
Cc:     Larry.Finger@...inger.net, phil@...lpotter.co.uk,
        straube.linux@...il.com, martin@...ser.cx,
        linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        saurav.girepunje@...mail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] staging: r8188eu: os_dep: remove the goto statement

On Wed, Nov 03, 2021 at 09:18:41PM +0530, Saurav Girepunje wrote:
> Remove the goto statement from rtw_init_drv_sw(). In this function goto
> can be replace by return statement. As on goto label exit, function
> only return it is not performing any cleanup. Avoiding goto will
> improve the function readability.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Saurav Girepunje <saurav.girepunje@...il.com>
> ---
> 
> ChangelogV2:
> 
> 	-On V1 combined the if condition check for functions as below
> 
> 	 if (!rtw_init_evt_priv(&padapter->evtpriv) || !rtw_init_mlme_priv(padapter))
> 		return _FAIL;
> 	reverting these changes and keeping them as-is. It will make more clear on
> 	individual function call if something need to handle for error case.
> 
> ChangelogV1:
> 
> 	-Remove the goto statement from rtw_init_drv_sw(). In this function goto
> 	 can be replace by return statement. As on goto label exit, function
> 	 only return it is not performing any cleanup. Avoiding goto will
> 	 improve the function readability.
> 
>  drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/os_intfs.c | 34 ++++++++---------------
>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/os_intfs.c b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/os_intfs.c
> index 1418c9c4916c..ec96e837ab88 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/os_intfs.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/os_intfs.c
> @@ -480,48 +480,37 @@ u8 rtw_init_drv_sw(struct adapter *padapter)
>  {
>  	u8	ret8 = _SUCCESS;
> 
> -	if ((rtw_init_cmd_priv(&padapter->cmdpriv)) == _FAIL) {
> -		ret8 = _FAIL;
> -		goto exit;
> -	}
> +	if ((rtw_init_cmd_priv(&padapter->cmdpriv)) == _FAIL)
> +		return _FAIL;
> 
>  	padapter->cmdpriv.padapter = padapter;
> 
> -	if ((rtw_init_evt_priv(&padapter->evtpriv)) == _FAIL) {
> -		ret8 = _FAIL;
> -		goto exit;
> -	}
> +	if ((rtw_init_evt_priv(&padapter->evtpriv)) == _FAIL)
> +		return _FAIL;
> 
> -	if (rtw_init_mlme_priv(padapter) == _FAIL) {
> -		ret8 = _FAIL;
> -		goto exit;
> -	}
> +	if (rtw_init_mlme_priv(padapter) == _FAIL)
> +		return _FAIL;
> 
>  	rtw_init_wifidirect_timers(padapter);
>  	init_wifidirect_info(padapter, P2P_ROLE_DISABLE);
>  	reset_global_wifidirect_info(padapter);
> 
> -	if (init_mlme_ext_priv(padapter) == _FAIL) {
> -		ret8 = _FAIL;
> -		goto exit;
> -	}
> +	if (init_mlme_ext_priv(padapter) == _FAIL)
> +		return _FAIL;
> 
>  	if (_rtw_init_xmit_priv(&padapter->xmitpriv, padapter) == _FAIL) {
>  		DBG_88E("Can't _rtw_init_xmit_priv\n");
> -		ret8 = _FAIL;
> -		goto exit;
> +		return _FAIL;
>  	}
> 
>  	if (_rtw_init_recv_priv(&padapter->recvpriv, padapter) == _FAIL) {
>  		DBG_88E("Can't _rtw_init_recv_priv\n");
> -		ret8 = _FAIL;
> -		goto exit;
> +		return _FAIL;
>  	}
> 
>  	if (_rtw_init_sta_priv(&padapter->stapriv) == _FAIL) {
>  		DBG_88E("Can't _rtw_init_sta_priv\n");
> -		ret8 = _FAIL;
> -		goto exit;
> +		return _FAIL;
>  	}
> 
>  	padapter->stapriv.padapter = padapter;

Right after this, ret8 is set, but never checked, which looks like a bug
to me.  Can you work on fixing that after I take this patch?

thanks,

greg k-h