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From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
To: Maxim Petrov <mmrmaximuzz@gmail.com>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2] libnetlink: fix socket leak in rtnl_open_byproto()
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2022 10:35:13 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20220211103513.2ebc5615@hermes.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8da15fe8-92be-ee9c-0c45-1a4af38fc9bd@gmail.com>

On Fri, 11 Feb 2022 21:30:11 +0300
Maxim Petrov <mmrmaximuzz@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello Stephen!
> 
> On 2022-02-11 01:19 UTC, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> > +	} else {
> > +		rth->seq = time(NULL);
> > +		return 0;
> >  	}  
> 
> For me it looks slightly alien as the normal flow jumps from one 'else if' to
> another, and the final return statement is hidden inside the else block. The
> original version is straightforward and less surprising.
> 
> > Can do the same thing without introducing a goto  
> But what's wrong with the goto here? I thought it is a perfectly legal C way to
> handle errors, and iproute2 uses it for that purpose almost everywhere.

Ok, either way. personal preference only.

  reply	other threads:[~2022-02-11 18:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-02-08 17:20 [PATCH iproute2] libnetlink: fix socket leak in rtnl_open_byproto() Maxim Petrov
2022-02-11  1:19 ` Stephen Hemminger
2022-02-11 18:30   ` Maxim Petrov
2022-02-11 18:35     ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]
2022-02-11 19:40 ` Stephen Hemminger

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