linux-kernel - [PATCH v4 7/8] coresight: Do not mix success path with failure handling

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Message-Id: <20260209-arm_coresight_refactor_dev_register-v4-7-62d6042f76f7@arm.com>
Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2026 12:44:39 +0000
From: Leo Yan <leo.yan@....com>
To: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@....com>, 
 Mike Leach <mike.leach@....com>, James Clark <james.clark@...aro.org>, 
 Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>, 
 Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, 
 Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@...aro.org>, 
 Mao Jinlong <quic_jinlmao@...cinc.com>
Cc: coresight@...ts.linaro.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, 
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Leo Yan <leo.yan@....com>
Subject: [PATCH v4 7/8] coresight: Do not mix success path with failure
 handling

Separate the failure handling path from the successful case.  Use the
'out_unlock' label only for failure handling.

Reviewed-by: James Clark <james.clark@...aro.org>
Signed-off-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan@....com>
---
 drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-core.c | 21 +++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-core.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-core.c
index c694b4bea3d724464e97a4932ead584d59d8a69a..955af43010446803030973c72f07315492b2fcf3 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-core.c
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-core.c
@@ -1398,17 +1398,22 @@ struct coresight_device *coresight_register(struct coresight_desc *desc)
 	registered = true;
 
 	ret = coresight_create_conns_sysfs_group(csdev);
-	if (!ret)
-		ret = coresight_fixup_orphan_conns(csdev);
+	if (ret)
+		goto out_unlock;
+
+	ret = coresight_fixup_orphan_conns(csdev);
+	if (ret)
+		goto out_unlock;
+
+	mutex_unlock(&coresight_mutex);
+
+	if (cti_assoc_ops && cti_assoc_ops->add)
+		cti_assoc_ops->add(csdev);
+
+	return csdev;
 
 out_unlock:
 	mutex_unlock(&coresight_mutex);
-	/* Success */
-	if (!ret) {
-		if (cti_assoc_ops && cti_assoc_ops->add)
-			cti_assoc_ops->add(csdev);
-		return csdev;
-	}
 
 	/* Unregister the device if needed */
 	if (registered) {

-- 
2.34.1