linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.10 5/9] net: qede: sanitize 'rc' in qede_add_tc_flower

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Date: Mon, 13 May 2024 10:18:04 +0200
From: Pavel Machek <pavel@...x.de>
To: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
	Asbjørn Sloth Tønnesen <ast@...erby.net>,
	Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>,
	"David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, manishc@...vell.com,
	edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.10 5/9] net: qede: sanitize 'rc' in
 qede_add_tc_flower_fltr()

Hi!

> Explicitly set 'rc' (return code), before jumping to the
> unlock and return path.
> 
> By not having any code depend on that 'rc' remains at
> it's initial value of -EINVAL, then we can re-use 'rc' for
> the return code of function calls in subsequent patches.
> 
> Only compile tested.

Only compile tested, and is a preparation for something we won't do in
stable. Does not fix a bug, please drop.

								Pavel
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