Re: KVM: s390: Move two error code assignments in kvm_vm_ioctl_get_dirty_log()

From: SF Markus Elfring
Date: Mon Jan 23 2017 - 06:08:51 EST


> Patches that changes open coded things to common helpers or things like
> kmalloc_array where appropriate or things that make the code more robust
> are fine and welcome, but I am not going to take this as it just shuffles
> things around.

Thanks for such information.


> It does not fix anything and it does not improve the code,

I have got an other expectation for the shown implementation detail.


> but it certainly carries the risk of breaking something

This is usual in software development, isn't it?


> (yes in this case it looks perfectly fine, though).

Thanks for this bit of positive feedback.


> Due to the locking requirements we cannot do such a simplification here.

I find this detail strange. Would you like to check run time consequences
for the shown error code settings once more?

Regards,
Markus