netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net/ipv6: don't return positive numbers when nothing was dumped

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Date:   Tue, 22 Jan 2019 14:46:39 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>
To:     David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        oss-drivers@...ronome.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net/ipv6: don't return positive numbers when
 nothing was dumped

On Tue, 22 Jan 2019 15:38:20 -0700, David Ahern wrote:
> > @@ -5120,6 +5120,9 @@ static int inet6_dump_addr(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb,
> >  			if (idev) {
> >  				err = in6_dump_addrs(idev, skb, cb, s_ip_idx,
> >  						     &fillargs);
> > +				if (err < 0)
> > +					goto put_tgt_net;
> > +				err = 0;  
> 
> Rather than have 2 goto's to the same target why not just:
> 
> 				if (err > 0)
> 					err = 0;

My default is to keep success path less indented and to minimize
dependencies between code blocks.  v2 coming in 3.. 2.. 1..

> >  			}
> >  			goto put_tgt_net;
> >  		}
> >