Re: [PATCH] eventfs: Directly return NULL to avoid null point dereferenced

[Markus Elfring]

> When the condition ei->is_free holds,we return NULL directly to
> avoid update_events_attr to use NULL point about ei.

* Please avoid typos in the summary phrase and the commit message.

* Would you like to use an imperative wording for an improved change description?
  https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst?h=v6.9-rc7#n94


…
> +++ b/fs/tracefs/event_inode.c
> @@ -346,8 +346,7 @@ static struct eventfs_inode *eventfs_find_events(struct dentry *dentry)
>  		 * doesn't matter.
>  		 */
>  		if (ei->is_freed) {
> -			ei = NULL;
> -			break;
> +			return NULL;
>  		}
…

How do you think about to omit curly brackets here?

Regards,
Markus