[PATCH] powerpc/mm: Return directly after a failed __copy_from_user() in sys_subpage_prot()

Subsystems: linux for powerpc (32-bit and 64-bit), the rest

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[PATCH] powerpc/mm: Return directly after a failed __copy_from_user() in sys_subpage_prot()

From: SF Markus Elfring <hidden>
Date: 2017-01-21 15:25:11

From: Markus Elfring <redacted>
Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2017 16:10:50 +0100

* Return directly after a call of the function "__copy_from_user"
  failed here.

  This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.

* Delete the jump label "out2" which became unnecessary with
  this refactoring.

Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <redacted>
---
 arch/powerpc/mm/subpage-prot.c | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/subpage-prot.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/subpage-prot.c
index d5543514c1df..40309edd7cb7 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/subpage-prot.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/subpage-prot.c
@@ -248,9 +248,8 @@ long sys_subpage_prot(unsigned long addr, unsigned long len, u32 __user *map)
 			nw = (next - addr) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 
 		up_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
-		err = -EFAULT;
 		if (__copy_from_user(spp, map, nw * sizeof(u32)))
-			goto out2;
+			return -EFAULT;
 		map += nw;
 		down_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
 
@@ -262,6 +261,5 @@ long sys_subpage_prot(unsigned long addr, unsigned long len, u32 __user *map)
 	err = 0;
  out:
 	up_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
- out2:
 	return err;
 }
-- 
2.11.0

Re: powerpc/mm: Return directly after a failed __copy_from_user() in sys_subpage_prot()

From: Michael Ellerman <hidden>
Date: 2017-01-27 00:41:16

On Sat, 2017-01-21 at 15:24:58 UTC, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
From: Markus Elfring <redacted>
Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2017 16:10:50 +0100

* Return directly after a call of the function "__copy_from_user"
  failed here.

  This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.

* Delete the jump label "out2" which became unnecessary with
  this refactoring.

Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <redacted>
Applied to powerpc next, thanks.

https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/a967f161abc7c4a6936ceb15737f75

cheers
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