On Wed, 2017-01-25 at 10:34 +0100, SF Markus Elfring wrote: > From: Markus Elfring <[email protected]> > Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2017 22:47:07 +0100 > > A local variable was set to an error code in three cases before a concrete > error situation was detected. Thus move the corresponding assignments into > if branches to indicate a software failure there. > > This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.
This coding style was pretty common. I assume the compiler is smart enough to do the right thing. Is this a FYI, letting us know for the future the preferred coding style, or are we really upstreaming these sorts of coding style changes? Mimi > > Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <[email protected]> > --- > security/integrity/ima/ima_fs.c | 15 +++++++++------ > 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_fs.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_fs.c > index 98304411915d..a50c26f9772c 100644 > --- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_fs.c > +++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_fs.c > @@ -317,21 +317,24 @@ static ssize_t ima_write_policy(struct file *file, > const char __user *buf, > > /* No partial writes. */ > result = -EINVAL; > - if (*ppos != 0) > + if (*ppos != 0) { > + result = -EINVAL; > goto reset_validity; > + } > > - result = -ENOMEM; > if (datalen >= PAGE_SIZE) > datalen = PAGE_SIZE - 1; > data = kmalloc(datalen + 1, GFP_KERNEL); > - if (!data) > + if (!data) { > + result = -ENOMEM; > goto reset_validity; > + } > > *(data + datalen) = '\0'; > - > - result = -EFAULT; > - if (copy_from_user(data, buf, datalen)) > + if (copy_from_user(data, buf, datalen)) { > + result = -EFAULT; > goto out_free; > + } > > result = mutex_lock_interruptible(&ima_write_mutex); > if (result < 0)
