@@ -2358,7 +2358,6 @@ struct net_device *rtnl_create_link(struct net *net,
const char *ifname, unsigned char name_assign_type,
const struct rtnl_link_ops *ops, struct nlattr *tb[])
{
- int err;
struct net_device *dev;
unsigned int num_tx_queues = 1;
unsigned int num_rx_queues = 1;
@@ -2373,11 +2372,10 @@ struct net_device *rtnl_create_link(struct net *net,
else if (ops->get_num_rx_queues)
num_rx_queues = ops->get_num_rx_queues();
- err = -ENOMEM;
dev = alloc_netdev_mqs(ops->priv_size, ifname, name_assign_type,
ops->setup, num_tx_queues, num_rx_queues);
if (!dev)
- goto err;
+ return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
dev_net_set(dev, net);
dev->rtnl_link_ops = ops;
@@ -2403,9 +2401,6 @@ struct net_device *rtnl_create_link(struct net *net,
dev_set_group(dev, nla_get_u32(tb[IFLA_GROUP]));
return dev;
-
-err:
- return ERR_PTR(err);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(rtnl_create_link);
There is only one possible error path which reaches the err label, so return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM) directly if alloc_netdev_mqs() fails. This also allows to omit the err variable. Signed-off-by: Tobias Klauser <tklauser@distanz.ch> --- net/core/rtnetlink.c | 7 +------ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-)