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Subject[PATCH v2] can: Use common error handling code in vxcan_newlink()
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From: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2017 14:56:15 +0100

Add a jump target so that a bit of exception handling can be better reused
at the end of this function.

This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.

Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
---

v2:
An approach to make two checks for a failure predicate a bit safer
was rejected on 2017-10-28.
The possibility remains to reconsider such an adjustment later again.
https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/10/28/125
https://lkml.kernel.org/r/<264b3c2b-8354-5769-639c-ac8d2fcbe630@hartkopp.net>

drivers/net/can/vxcan.c | 16 ++++++++--------
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/can/vxcan.c b/drivers/net/can/vxcan.c
index 8404e8852a0f..5d1753cfacea 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/vxcan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/vxcan.c
@@ -227,10 +227,8 @@ static int vxcan_newlink(struct net *net, struct net_device *dev,
netif_carrier_off(peer);

err = rtnl_configure_link(peer, ifmp);
- if (err < 0) {
- unregister_netdevice(peer);
- return err;
- }
+ if (err < 0)
+ goto unregister_network_device;

/* register first device */
if (tb[IFLA_IFNAME])
@@ -239,10 +237,8 @@ static int vxcan_newlink(struct net *net, struct net_device *dev,
snprintf(dev->name, IFNAMSIZ, DRV_NAME "%%d");

err = register_netdevice(dev);
- if (err < 0) {
- unregister_netdevice(peer);
- return err;
- }
+ if (err < 0)
+ goto unregister_network_device;

netif_carrier_off(dev);

@@ -254,6 +250,10 @@ static int vxcan_newlink(struct net *net, struct net_device *dev,
rcu_assign_pointer(priv->peer, dev);

return 0;
+
+unregister_network_device:
+ unregister_netdevice(peer);
+ return err;
}

static void vxcan_dellink(struct net_device *dev, struct list_head *head)
--
2.14.3
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