netdev - [PATCH] inet: set `error' value not under lock

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Date:	Wed, 9 Mar 2016 10:22:21 -0800
From:	Weongyo Jeong <weongyo.linux@...il.com>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] inet: set `error' value not under lock_sock().

A trivial patch to set `error' variable while not holding
lock_sock().

Signed-off-by: Weongyo Jeong <weongyo.linux@...il.com>
---
 net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c b/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c
index 6414891..58bc39f 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c
@@ -306,14 +306,13 @@ struct sock *inet_csk_accept(struct sock *sk, int flags, int *err)
 	struct request_sock_queue *queue = &icsk->icsk_accept_queue;
 	struct request_sock *req;
 	struct sock *newsk;
-	int error;
+	int error = -EINVAL;
 
 	lock_sock(sk);
 
 	/* We need to make sure that this socket is listening,
 	 * and that it has something pending.
 	 */
-	error = -EINVAL;
 	if (sk->sk_state != TCP_LISTEN)
 		goto out_err;
 
-- 
2.1.3