Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] RDMA/hfi1: Fix error return code in parse_platform_config()

[Leon Romanovsky]

On Sat, Nov 26, 2022 at 09:50:53PM +0800, Wang Yufen wrote:
> In the previous while loop, "ret" may be assigned zero, so the error
> return code may be incorrectly set to 0 instead of -EINVAL.
> Add bail_with_einval goto label and covert all "goto bail;" to "goto
> bail_with_einval:" where it's appropriate. Add dropping some duplicative
> "ret = -EINVAL;" lines, as Andy suggessted.
> 
> Fixes: 97167e813415 ("staging/rdma/hfi1: Tune for unknown channel if configuration file is absent")
> Signed-off-by: Wang Yufen <wangyufen@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/firmware.c | 20 +++++++++++---------
>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

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> +bail_with_einval:
> +	ret = -EINVAL;

Sorry for being late, but no. It can be seen as anti-pattern as it
causes to the situations where unrelated code changes can potentially
overwrite return value. Please set valid return code before calling to
goto.

Thanks

>  bail:
>  	memset(pcfgcache, 0, sizeof(struct platform_config_cache));
>  	return ret;
> -- 
> 1.8.3.1
>