From: Markus Elfring <[email protected]>
Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 19:49:39 +0100

The iput() function was called in three cases by the create_trace_uprobe()
function during error handling even if the passed variable contained still
a null pointer. This implementation detail could be improved by the
introduction of another jump label.

Suggested-by: Julia Lawall <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <[email protected]>
---
 kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c | 12 +++++++++---
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c
index ec002c0..a0288f2 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c
@@ -434,19 +434,24 @@ static int create_trace_uprobe(int argc, char **argv)
        arg = strchr(argv[1], ':');
        if (!arg) {
                ret = -EINVAL;
-               goto fail_address_parse;
+               goto fail_address_parse2;
        }
 
        *arg++ = '\0';
        filename = argv[1];
        ret = kern_path(filename, LOOKUP_FOLLOW, &path);
        if (ret)
-               goto fail_address_parse;
+               goto fail_address_parse2;
 
        inode = igrab(path.dentry->d_inode);
        path_put(&path);
 
-       if (!inode || !S_ISREG(inode->i_mode)) {
+       if (!inode) {
+               ret = -EINVAL;
+               goto fail_address_parse2;
+       }
+
+       if (!S_ISREG(inode->i_mode)) {
                ret = -EINVAL;
                goto fail_address_parse;
        }
@@ -554,6 +559,7 @@ error:
 fail_address_parse:
        iput(inode);
 
+fail_address_parse2:
        pr_info("Failed to parse address or file.\n");
 
        return ret;
-- 
2.1.3


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