[PATCH v4 02/13] liveupdate: avoid mixing cleanup guards with goto in luo_session_retrieve_fd

Mike Rapoport rppt at kernel.org
Tue Jun 2 01:13:34 PDT 2026


On Sat, 30 May 2026 22:19:27 +0000, Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin at soleen.com> wrote:
> diff --git a/kernel/liveupdate/luo_session.c b/kernel/liveupdate/luo_session.c
> index 146414933977..8d9201c25412 100644
> --- a/kernel/liveupdate/luo_session.c
> +++ b/kernel/liveupdate/luo_session.c
> @@ -291,25 +291,24 @@ static int luo_session_retrieve_fd(struct luo_session *session,
>  	if (argp->fd < 0)
>  		return argp->fd;
>  
> -	guard(mutex)(&session->mutex);
> -	err = luo_retrieve_file(&session->file_set, argp->token, &file);
> -	if (err < 0)
> -		goto  err_put_fd;
> +	scoped_guard(mutex, &session->mutex) {
> +		err = luo_retrieve_file(&session->file_set, argp->token, &file);
> +		if (err < 0) {
> +			put_unused_fd(argp->fd);
> +			return err;

I don't like piling up error handling inside if (err) statements.

As we only need the lock only for luo_retrieve_file() I think it's better
drop the guard and use goto:


	mutex_lock(&session->mutex);
	err = luo_retrieve_file(&session->file_set, argp->token, &file);
	mutex_unlock(&session->mutex);
	if (err)
		...

-- 
Sincerely yours,
Mike.




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