Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] io_uring: Improve exception handling in io_ring_ctx_alloc()

[Gabriel Krisman Bertazi]

Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@xxxxxx> writes:

> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2024 21:15:48 +0100
>
> The label “err” was used to jump to a kfree() call despite of
> the detail in the implementation of the function “io_ring_ctx_alloc”
> that it was determined already that a corresponding variable contained
> a null pointer because of a failed memory allocation.
>
> 1. Thus use more appropriate labels instead.
>
> 2. Reorder jump targets at the end.
>

As I mentioned on v1, this doesn't do us any good, as kfree can handle
NULL pointers just fine, and changes like this becomes churn later when
backporting or modifying the code.

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Gabriel Krisman Bertazi