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From: Tom Rini <trini@konsulko.com>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH] test/overlay: Fix various malloc/free leaks
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2017 15:13:55 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170926191355.GN3112@bill-the-cat> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <0DAF21CFE1B20740AE23D6AF6E54843F1EA7EB5D@IRSMSX101.ger.corp.intel.com>

On Tue, Sep 26, 2017 at 06:28:40PM +0000, Langer, Thomas wrote:
> Hello Tom,
> 
> I just read some days ago about the kernel Coding-Style:
> 
> <quote>
> Choose label names which say what the goto does or why the goto exists.  An
> example of a good name could be ``out_free_buffer:`` if the goto frees ``buffer``.
> Avoid using GW-BASIC names like ``err1:`` and ``err2:``, as you would have to
> renumber them if you ever add or remove exit paths, and they make correctness
> difficult to verify anyway.
> </quote>
> 
> Does is make sense to follow this for U-Boot also and fix the names of the labels below?
> 
> > 
> >  	free(fdt_overlay_stacked_copy);
> > +err3:
> >  	free(fdt_overlay_copy);
> > +err2:
> >  	free(fdt_base_copy);
> > +err1:
> >  	free(uts);
> > 

We have in U-Boot a number of cases of both, and the majority (from a
quick read on 'git grep goto' is of the less descriptive case.  I can
certainly see how descriptive goto labels make more sense in the case of
large functions and especially complicated short-cuts.  Do you think
'malloc_base_copy_failed', 'malloc_overlay_copy_failed' and
'malloc_stacked_copy_failed' make the code more readable?

-- 
Tom
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  reply	other threads:[~2017-09-26 19:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-09-26 16:43 [U-Boot] [PATCH] test/overlay: Fix various malloc/free leaks Tom Rini
2017-09-26 18:28 ` Langer, Thomas
2017-09-26 19:13   ` Tom Rini [this message]
2017-10-07 13:09 ` [U-Boot] " Tom Rini

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