RE: [PATCH v3 1/2] usb: dwc3: make dwc3_debugfs_init return value be void

From: Du, Changbin
Date: Mon Apr 11 2016 - 07:19:21 EST


> > root = debugfs_create_dir(dev_name(dwc->dev), NULL);
> > - if (!root) {
> > - ret = -ENOMEM;
> > - goto err0;
> > - }
> > + if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(root))
> > + return;
>
> We can definitely keep on going, but I'd still like to know that we
> enabled CONFIG_DEBUG_FS but failed to create a file or a
> directory. Seems like this should read as follows:
>
> if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(root)) {
> if (!root)
> dev_err(dwc->dev, "Can't create debugfs root\n");
> return;
> }
>
> ditto to all bellow.
>
Balbi, so you mean we should not let the failure go silent, right?

> > dwc->root = root;
> >
> > dwc->regset = kzalloc(sizeof(*dwc->regset), GFP_KERNEL);
> > if (!dwc->regset) {
> > - ret = -ENOMEM;
> > - goto err1;
> > + debugfs_remove_recursive(root);
>
> you're now duplicating debugfs_remove_recursive(root) in all braches and
> that's error prone. It's probably better to keep our gotos, but change
> them so they read as follows:
>
> if (!dwc->regset)
> goto err1;
>
> [...]
>
> return; /* this is our successful exit point */
>
> err1:
> debugfs_remove_recursive(root);
> kfree(dwc->regset);
>
>
> --
> Balbi

No, no need anymore. Because no branch share this code now.
Then remove the goto would make code a little clear.

Thanks,
Du, Changbin