[PATCH] copy_process: error path cleanup

Oleg Nesterov · Linus Torvalds · commit fe7d37d1fbf8 · 2006-01-08T20:14:01.000-08:00
This patch moves 'fork_out:' under 'bad_fork_free:', and removes now
unneeded 'if (retval)' check.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov &lt;oleg@tv-sign.ru&gt;
Cc: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@elte.hu&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@osdl.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@osdl.org&gt;
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -1146,11 +1146,6 @@ static task_t *copy_process(unsigned long clone_flags,
 	total_forks++;
 	write_unlock_irq(&tasklist_lock);
 	proc_fork_connector(p);
-	retval = 0;
-
-fork_out:
-	if (retval)
-		return ERR_PTR(retval);
 	return p;
 
 bad_fork_cleanup_namespace:
@@ -1191,7 +1186,8 @@ static task_t *copy_process(unsigned long clone_flags,
 	free_uid(p->user);
 bad_fork_free:
 	free_task(p);
-	goto fork_out;
+fork_out:
+	return ERR_PTR(retval);
 }
 
 struct pt_regs * __devinit __attribute__((weak)) idle_regs(struct pt_regs *regs)
