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From: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@web.de>
To: Dominique Martinet <asmadeus@codewreck.org>,
	Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@kernel.org>,
	v9fs@lists.linux.dev, kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org
Cc: "Christian Schönebeck" <linux_oss@crudebyte.com>,
	"Latchesar Ionkov" <lucho@ionkov.net>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: fs/9p: Improve exception handling in v9fs_session_init()
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2024 13:15:43 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <f97521ef-0600-401a-8fdb-9648d576ea4c@web.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ZZvX6sQLkgm0kOTN@codewreck.org>

>> The kfree() function was called in up to two cases by
>> the v9fs_session_init() function during error handling
>> even if the passed variable contained a null pointer.
>
> I don't see the problem in calling kfree on null things (especially on
> error path).

Will you become willing to reduce the number of redundant function calls
for improved exception handling?

Regards,
Markus

      reply	other threads:[~2024-01-08 12:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-12-28 20:01 [PATCH] fs/9p: Improve exception handling in v9fs_session_init() Markus Elfring
2024-01-08 11:09 ` Dominique Martinet
2024-01-08 12:15   ` Markus Elfring [this message]

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