netdev - [PATCH net-next v4 1/5] net/sched: act_pedit: simplify 'ex' key parsing error propagation

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Message-Id: <20230418234354.582693-2-pctammela@mojatatu.com>
Date:   Tue, 18 Apr 2023 20:43:50 -0300
From:   Pedro Tammela <pctammela@...atatu.com>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     jhs@...atatu.com, xiyou.wangcong@...il.com, jiri@...nulli.us,
        davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org,
        pabeni@...hat.com, simon.horman@...igine.com,
        Pedro Tammela <pctammela@...atatu.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next v4 1/5] net/sched: act_pedit: simplify 'ex' key parsing error propagation

'err' is returned -EINVAL most of the time.
Make the exception be the netlink parsing and remove the
redundant error assignments in the other code paths.

Signed-off-by: Pedro Tammela <pctammela@...atatu.com>
---
 net/sched/act_pedit.c | 27 ++++++++++-----------------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/sched/act_pedit.c b/net/sched/act_pedit.c
index 4559a1507ea5..90f5214e679e 100644
--- a/net/sched/act_pedit.c
+++ b/net/sched/act_pedit.c
@@ -54,46 +54,39 @@ static struct tcf_pedit_key_ex *tcf_pedit_keys_ex_parse(struct nlattr *nla,
 
 	nla_for_each_nested(ka, nla, rem) {
 		struct nlattr *tb[TCA_PEDIT_KEY_EX_MAX + 1];
+		int ret;
 
-		if (!n) {
-			err = -EINVAL;
+		if (!n)
 			goto err_out;
-		}
 		n--;
 
-		if (nla_type(ka) != TCA_PEDIT_KEY_EX) {
-			err = -EINVAL;
+		if (nla_type(ka) != TCA_PEDIT_KEY_EX)
 			goto err_out;
-		}
 
-		err = nla_parse_nested_deprecated(tb, TCA_PEDIT_KEY_EX_MAX,
+		ret = nla_parse_nested_deprecated(tb, TCA_PEDIT_KEY_EX_MAX,
 						  ka, pedit_key_ex_policy,
 						  NULL);
-		if (err)
+		if (ret) {
+			err = ret;
 			goto err_out;
+		}
 
 		if (!tb[TCA_PEDIT_KEY_EX_HTYPE] ||
-		    !tb[TCA_PEDIT_KEY_EX_CMD]) {
-			err = -EINVAL;
+		    !tb[TCA_PEDIT_KEY_EX_CMD])
 			goto err_out;
-		}
 
 		k->htype = nla_get_u16(tb[TCA_PEDIT_KEY_EX_HTYPE]);
 		k->cmd = nla_get_u16(tb[TCA_PEDIT_KEY_EX_CMD]);
 
 		if (k->htype > TCA_PEDIT_HDR_TYPE_MAX ||
-		    k->cmd > TCA_PEDIT_CMD_MAX) {
-			err = -EINVAL;
+		    k->cmd > TCA_PEDIT_CMD_MAX)
 			goto err_out;
-		}
 
 		k++;
 	}
 
-	if (n) {
-		err = -EINVAL;
+	if (n)
 		goto err_out;
-	}
 
 	return keys_ex;
 
-- 
2.34.1