Re: [1/2] ubifs: Fix potential memory leaks while iterating entries
From: Markus Elfring
Date: Mon Jun 01 2020 - 10:00:54 EST
>> I suggest to avoid the specification of duplicate function calls
>> (also for the desired exception handling).
>> Will it be helpful to add a few jump targets?
>> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst?id=3d77e6a8804abcc0504c904bd6e5cdf3a5cf8162#n455
> I've thought about using "goto err_tag_2" in kill_xattrs code block to release prev xent,
I propose to choose better labels.
> but later it needs to jump to 'out_release tagâ for releasing previously requested memory,
> which can clutter the code.
Would you like to reconsider this view?
> It seems that two consecutive 'goto tags' will make the code less readable.
How do you think about to try another software adjustment out in such a design direction?
Can it make sense to combine changes together with the update step
âubifs: dent: Fix some potential memory leaks while iterating entriesâ
into a single patch?
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mtd/20200601091037.3794172-2-chengzhihao1@xxxxxxxxxx/
https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/1250456/
Regards,
Markus