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From: walter harms <wharms@bfs.de>
To: kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org
Cc: platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] platform/x86: dell-smbios: Fix error handling in build_tokens_sysfs()
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2018 11:20:26 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5A6082FA.1040608@bfs.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20180118110334.v33ypxsavbmq6qpu@mwanda>



Am 18.01.2018 12:03, schrieb Dan Carpenter:
> On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 11:50:30AM +0100, walter harms wrote:
>>> @@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ static int build_tokens_sysfs(struct platform_device *dev)
>>>  	return 0;
>>>  
>>>  out_unwind_strings:
>>> -	for (i = i-1; i > 0; i--) {
>>> +	for (i = i-1; i >= 0; i--) {
>>>  		kfree(token_location_attrs[i].attr.name);
>>>  		kfree(token_value_attrs[i].attr.name);
>>>  	}
>>
>> would you mind to reverse order here ?
>> you know programmers are terrible at couting backwards.
> 
> I prefer to always unwind in reverse order so I'd prefer to leave it
> as-is.


It is just a comment from my side. we can leave the actual decision to the
current maintainer.

re,
 wh

> 
> regards,
> dan carpenter
> 
> 

  reply	other threads:[~2018-01-18 11:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-01-18 10:45 [PATCH] platform/x86: dell-smbios: Fix error handling in build_tokens_sysfs() Dan Carpenter
2018-01-18 10:50 ` walter harms
2018-01-18 11:03   ` Dan Carpenter
2018-01-18 11:20     ` walter harms [this message]
2018-01-18 19:21       ` Andy Shevchenko
2018-01-18 19:24         ` Andy Shevchenko
2018-01-19 23:59           ` Pali Rohár
2018-01-19 18:32 ` Mario.Limonciello

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