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md: tidy up error paths in md_alloc
authorNeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
Wed, 1 Jul 2009 02:27:21 +0000 (12:27 +1000)
committerNeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
Wed, 1 Jul 2009 02:27:21 +0000 (12:27 +1000)
commit0909dc448c98ed5021c87ffdfc09fb473aa464ab
tree17c48d146c0f9eb7367a0d0feafea29838eae8ebtree | snapshot
parent1ec22eb2b4a2e1a763106bce36b11c02eaa84e61commit | diff
md: tidy up error paths in md_alloc

As the recent bug in md_alloc showed, having a single exit path for
unlocking and putting is a good idea.  So restructure md_alloc to have
a single mutex_unlock and mddev_put, and use gotos where necessary.

Found-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
drivers/md/md.c diff | blob | history
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