Re: Re: [PATCH] usb/peak_usb: cleanup code

[Vincent MAILHOL]

On Wed. 11 May 2022 at 16:11, z <zhaojunkui2008@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> At 2022-05-11 14:44:50, "Marc Kleine-Budde" <mkl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >On 10.05.2022 23:38:38, Bernard Zhao wrote:
> >> The variable fi and bi only used in branch if (!dev->prev_siblings)
> >> , fi & bi not kmalloc in else branch, so move kfree into branch
> >> if (!dev->prev_siblings),this change is to cleanup the code a bit.
> >
> >Please move the variable declaration into that scope, too. Adjust the
> >error handling accordingly.
>
> Hi Marc:
>
> I am not sure if there is some gap.
> If we move the variable declaration into that scope, then each error branch has to do the kfree job, like:
> if (err) {
>                         dev_err(dev->netdev->dev.parent,
>                                 "unable to read %s firmware info (err %d)\n",
>                                 pcan_usb_pro.name, err);
>                         kfree(bi);
>                         kfree(fi);
>                         kfree(usb_if);
>
>                        return err;
>                 }
> I am not sure if this looks a little less clear?
> Thanks!

A cleaner way would be to move all the content of the if
(!dev->prev_siblings) to a new function.


Yours sincerely,
Vincent Mailhol