linux-kernel - [PATCH v6 2/3] blk-cgroup: Return -ENOMEM directly in blkcg_css

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Date:   Thu,  2 Jun 2022 15:20:19 -0400
From:   Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>
To:     Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Cc:     cgroups@...r.kernel.org, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Ming Lei <ming.lei@...hat.com>,
        Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH v6 2/3] blk-cgroup: Return -ENOMEM directly in blkcg_css_alloc() error path

For blkcg_css_alloc(), the only error that will be returned is -ENOMEM.
Simplify error handling code by returning this error directly instead
of setting an intermediate "ret" variable.

Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>
---
 block/blk-cgroup.c | 12 ++++--------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/block/blk-cgroup.c b/block/blk-cgroup.c
index acd9b0aa8dc8..9021f75fc752 100644
--- a/block/blk-cgroup.c
+++ b/block/blk-cgroup.c
@@ -1177,7 +1177,6 @@ static struct cgroup_subsys_state *
 blkcg_css_alloc(struct cgroup_subsys_state *parent_css)
 {
 	struct blkcg *blkcg;
-	struct cgroup_subsys_state *ret;
 	int i;
 
 	mutex_lock(&blkcg_pol_mutex);
@@ -1186,10 +1185,8 @@ blkcg_css_alloc(struct cgroup_subsys_state *parent_css)
 		blkcg = &blkcg_root;
 	} else {
 		blkcg = kzalloc(sizeof(*blkcg), GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!blkcg) {
-			ret = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+		if (!blkcg)
 			goto unlock;
-		}
 	}
 
 	for (i = 0; i < BLKCG_MAX_POLS ; i++) {
@@ -1206,10 +1203,9 @@ blkcg_css_alloc(struct cgroup_subsys_state *parent_css)
 			continue;
 
 		cpd = pol->cpd_alloc_fn(GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!cpd) {
-			ret = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+		if (!cpd)
 			goto free_pd_blkcg;
-		}
+
 		blkcg->cpd[i] = cpd;
 		cpd->blkcg = blkcg;
 		cpd->plid = i;
@@ -1238,7 +1234,7 @@ blkcg_css_alloc(struct cgroup_subsys_state *parent_css)
 		kfree(blkcg);
 unlock:
 	mutex_unlock(&blkcg_pol_mutex);
-	return ret;
+	return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 }
 
 static int blkcg_css_online(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css)
-- 
2.31.1