Re: [PATCH] vhost-vdpa: Refactor copy_to_user() usage in vhost_vdpa_get_config()

[Al Viro]

On Wed, Sep 25, 2024 at 08:48:16PM +0200, Markus Elfring wrote:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2024 20:36:35 +0200
> 
> Assign the return value from a copy_to_user() call to an additional
> local variable so that a kvfree() call and return statement can be
> omitted accordingly.

Ugly and unidiomatic.

> This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.

What issue?

> Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Nevermind (and I really need more coffee, seeing that I'd missed the
obvious indicator of garbage and failed to hit delete)...