netdev - Re: [PATCH net v2 2/2] bridge: netlink: register netdevice before executing changelink

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Date:   Sat, 8 Apr 2017 09:32:44 -0400
From:   Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To:     <idosch@...lanox.com>
Cc:     <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <davem@...emloft.net>,
        <bridge@...ts.linux-foundation.org>, <peter@...nota.eu>,
        <cera@...a.cz>, <mlxsw@...lanox.com>, <nikolay@...ulusnetworks.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2 2/2] bridge: netlink: register netdevice before
 executing changelink

On Sat, 8 Apr 2017 14:41:59 +0300
<idosch@...lanox.com> wrote:

> +	err = br_changelink(dev, tb, data);
> +	if (err)
> +		goto unregister;
> +
> +	return 0;
> +
> +unregister:
> +	unregister_netdevice(dev);
> +	return err;
>  }

Why use a goto? just do:
	err = br_changelink(dev, tb, data);
	if (err)
		unregister_netdevice(dev)
	return err;
}


The goto looks ugly