Or make the assignment in an else block. -- Steve
Al Viro <v...@zeniv.linux.org.uk> wrote: >On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 12:47:32PM -0400, Dave Jones wrote: >> Probably harmless, but still not a nice thing to do. >> >> Signed-off-by: Dave Jones <da...@fedoraproject.org> >> >> diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c >b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c >> index 368a4d5..75d3556 100644 >> --- a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c >> +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c >> @@ -1124,6 +1124,7 @@ static int system_tr_open(struct inode *inode, >struct file *filp) >> if (ret < 0) { >> trace_array_put(tr); >> kfree(dir); >> + dir = NULL; >> } >> >> filp->private_data = dir; > >Er... Why not simply return ret; instead? -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/