[PATCH] can: Use common error handling code in vxcan_newlink()

From: SF Markus Elfring
Date: Fri Oct 27 2017 - 16:30:33 EST


From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2017 22:22:24 +0200

* Add a jump target so that a bit of exception handling can be better
reused at the end of this function.

* Adjust two condition checks.

This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.

Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/can/vxcan.c | 16 ++++++++--------
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/can/vxcan.c b/drivers/net/can/vxcan.c
index 8404e8852a0f..97f250cbc4ff 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/vxcan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/vxcan.c
@@ -227,10 +227,8 @@ static int vxcan_newlink(struct net *net, struct net_device *dev,
netif_carrier_off(peer);

err = rtnl_configure_link(peer, ifmp);
- if (err < 0) {
- unregister_netdevice(peer);
- return err;
- }
+ if (err)
+ goto unregister_network_device;

/* register first device */
if (tb[IFLA_IFNAME])
@@ -239,10 +237,8 @@ static int vxcan_newlink(struct net *net, struct net_device *dev,
snprintf(dev->name, IFNAMSIZ, DRV_NAME "%%d");

err = register_netdevice(dev);
- if (err < 0) {
- unregister_netdevice(peer);
- return err;
- }
+ if (err)
+ goto unregister_network_device;

netif_carrier_off(dev);

@@ -254,6 +250,10 @@ static int vxcan_newlink(struct net *net, struct net_device *dev,
rcu_assign_pointer(priv->peer, dev);

return 0;
+
+unregister_network_device:
+ unregister_netdevice(peer);
+ return err;
}

static void vxcan_dellink(struct net_device *dev, struct list_head *head)
--
2.14.3