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SubjectRe: [PATCH] userfaultfd: release page in error path to avoid BUG_ON
On Wed, Apr 28, 2021 at 02:03:05PM -0700, Hugh Dickins wrote:

[...]

> > > + put_page(*pagep);
> > > + *pagep = NULL;
> > > + }
> > > goto out;
> >
> > All "goto out" in this functions looks weird as it returns directly... so if
> > you're touching this after all, I suggest we do "return -ENOMEM" directly and
> > drop the "ret = -ENOMEM".
>
> No strong feeling either way from me on that: whichever looks best
> to you. But I suspect the "ret = -ENOMEM" cannot be dropped,
> because it's relied on further down too?

Ah sorry I just noticed Axel didn't really touch that line.. :) So yeah please
also feel free to keep it as is.

If to drop it, "ret = -ENOMEM" can go as well, I think.. since all later errors
should always reset variable "ret".

Thanks,

--
Peter Xu

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