[PATCH] dm: Use common error handling code in three functions
From: Markus Elfring
Date: Tue Jun 09 2026 - 16:04:04 EST
From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2026 21:54:38 +0200
Use additional labels so that a bit of exception handling can be better
reused at the end of three if branches.
This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.
Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c | 7 +++----
drivers/md/dm-raid1.c | 4 ++--
drivers/md/dm-stripe.c | 7 +++----
3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c b/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
index ac77dc0ca225..9537e60f94c3 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
@@ -227,10 +227,8 @@ static struct hash_cell *alloc_cell(const char *name, const char *uuid,
return NULL;
hc->name = kstrdup(name, GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!hc->name) {
- kfree(hc);
- return NULL;
- }
+ if (!hc->name)
+ goto free_hc;
if (!uuid)
hc->uuid = NULL;
@@ -239,6 +237,7 @@ static struct hash_cell *alloc_cell(const char *name, const char *uuid,
hc->uuid = kstrdup(uuid, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!hc->uuid) {
kfree(hc->name);
+free_hc:
kfree(hc);
return NULL;
}
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-raid1.c b/drivers/md/dm-raid1.c
index de5c00704e69..359ca80a67b3 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-raid1.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-raid1.c
@@ -915,8 +915,7 @@ static struct mirror_set *alloc_context(unsigned int nr_mirrors,
ms->io_client = dm_io_client_create();
if (IS_ERR(ms->io_client)) {
ti->error = "Error creating dm_io client";
- kfree(ms);
- return NULL;
+ goto free_ms;
}
ms->rh = dm_region_hash_create(ms, dispatch_bios, wakeup_mirrord,
@@ -926,6 +925,7 @@ static struct mirror_set *alloc_context(unsigned int nr_mirrors,
if (IS_ERR(ms->rh)) {
ti->error = "Error creating dirty region hash";
dm_io_client_destroy(ms->io_client);
+free_ms:
kfree(ms);
return NULL;
}
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-stripe.c b/drivers/md/dm-stripe.c
index 750865fd3ae7..58fa0badc90f 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-stripe.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-stripe.c
@@ -148,10 +148,8 @@ static int stripe_ctr(struct dm_target *ti, unsigned int argc, char **argv)
sc->stripes_shift = __ffs(stripes);
r = dm_set_target_max_io_len(ti, chunk_size);
- if (r) {
- kfree(sc);
- return r;
- }
+ if (r)
+ goto free_sc;
ti->num_flush_bios = stripes;
ti->num_discard_bios = stripes;
@@ -176,6 +174,7 @@ static int stripe_ctr(struct dm_target *ti, unsigned int argc, char **argv)
ti->error = "Couldn't parse stripe destination";
while (i--)
dm_put_device(ti, sc->stripe[i].dev);
+free_sc:
kfree(sc);
return r;
}
--
2.54.0