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SubjectRe: staging: lustre: Optimize error handling in class_register_type()
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> NAK.
> when you do this, the next statement below breaks:

I wonder about this conclusion.


>> type = kzalloc(sizeof(*type), GFP_NOFS);
>> if (!type)
>> - return rc;
>> + return -ENOMEM;
>>
>> type->typ_dt_ops = kzalloc(sizeof(*type->typ_dt_ops), GFP_NOFS);
>> if (!type->typ_dt_ops) {
> …
> goto failed;
>
> failed:
> …
> return rc;
>
> So we are now returning an unitialized rc, did you get a gcc warning about it when compiling?

I do not get such an impression if my corresponding update suggestion
"[PATCH 04/12] staging: lustre: Split a condition check in class_register_type()"
will be considered for this use case once more.
https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/7/26/462
https://www.mail-archive.com/linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org/msg1197227.html

Regards,
Markus

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