Re: [PATCH 1/2] kernel/sysctl.c: check return value after callproc_put_char() in __do_proc_doulongvec_minmax()

From: Joe Perches
Date: Tue Aug 20 2013 - 01:09:12 EST


On Tue, 2013-08-20 at 11:38 +0800, Chen Gang wrote:
> Need check the return value of proc_put_char(), just like another have
> done in __do_proc_doulongvec_minmax().
>
> Signed-off-by: Chen Gang <gang.chen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> kernel/sysctl.c | 5 ++++-
> 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
> index 7822cd8..ee00986 100644
> --- a/kernel/sysctl.c
> +++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
> @@ -2214,8 +2214,11 @@ static int __do_proc_doulongvec_minmax(void *data, struct ctl_table *table, int
> *i = val;
> } else {
> val = convdiv * (*i) / convmul;
> - if (!first)
> + if (!first) {
> err = proc_put_char(&buffer, &left, '\t');
> + if (err)
> + goto free;
> + }

I think you should use break and convert it in
to goto free in patch 2/2.

Otherwise, this style looks out of place.

> err = proc_put_long(&buffer, &left, val, false);
> if (err)
> break;



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