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Subject: Re: vfio: powerpc/spapr: One function call less in
 tce_iommu_attach_group() after kzalloc() failure
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On 06/29/2015 04:02 PM, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
>> tcegrp will be NULL and kfree() can handle this just fine
>
> The affected function did not show this API knowledge, did it?


but you fixed this in 1/2 :)

>
>
>> (is not it the whole point of this patchset
>> - remove the check and just call kfree() even if the pointer is NULL?).
>
> Partly, yes.
>
>
>> And if you wanted another label,
>
> I suggest this to improve corresponding exception handling.
>
>
>> than the existing one should have been renamed to "free_exit" or "free_unlock_exit"
>> and new one would be "unlock_exit".
>
> I chose a smaller change at this place.


I'd just drop this patch.


> I am not familiar enough with other called functions there at the moment.
> Are the remaining goto statements also update candidates?




-- 
Alexey