Re: [PATCH v2] RDMA/erdma: Fix exception handling in erdma_accept_newconn()

[Cheng Xu]

On 3/13/25 8:10 PM, Markus Elfring wrote:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2025 11:44:50 +0100
> 
> The label “error” was used to jump to another pointer check despite of
> the detail in the implementation of the function “erdma_accept_newconn”
> that it was determined already that corresponding variables contained
> still null pointers.
> 
> 1. Thus return directly if
>    * the cep state is not the value “ERDMA_EPSTATE_LISTENING”
>      or
>    * a call of the function “erdma_cep_alloc” failed.
> 
> 2. Use more appropriate labels instead.
> 
> 3. Delete two questionable checks.
> 
> 4. Omit extra initialisations (for the variables “new_cep”, “new_s” and “ret”)
>    which became unnecessary with this refactoring.
> 
> 
> This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.
> 
> Fixes: 920d93eac8b9 ("RDMA/erdma: Add connection management (CM) support")


I think this patch does not fix issues, so fix line is not needed.

Thanks,
Cheng Xu


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