Re: [PATCH] Fs: Btrfs - Improvement in code readability when

[David Sterba]

On Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 03:17:41PM +0530, Shailendra Verma wrote:
> From: "Shailendra Verma" <shailendra.v@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> There is no need to call kfree() if memdup_user() fails, as no memory
> was allocated and the error in the error-valued pointer should be returned.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Shailendra Verma <shailendra.v@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Queued for 4.10, I've edited the subject line as it's very descriptive.
("btrfs: return early from failed memory allocations in ioctl handlers")