[PATCH 8/8] powerpc/nvram: Move an assignment for the variable "err" in nvram_scan_partitions()
From: SF Markus Elfring
Date: Thu Jan 19 2017 - 12:36:19 EST
From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2017 17:27:37 +0100
A local variable was set to an error code before a concrete error situation
was detected. Thus move the corresponding assignment into an if branch
to indicate a software failure there.
Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c
index ed54147e3c60..5172115c4ef1 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c
@@ -1173,9 +1173,10 @@ int __init nvram_scan_partitions(void)
goto out;
}
tmp_part = kmalloc(sizeof(*tmp_part), GFP_KERNEL);
- err = -ENOMEM;
- if (!tmp_part)
+ if (!tmp_part) {
+ err = -ENOMEM;
goto out;
+ }
memcpy(&tmp_part->header, &phead, NVRAM_HEADER_LEN);
tmp_part->index = cur_index;
--
2.11.0