Error Handling for complex cases#
Standard kernel pattern for unwinding partial allocations when a loop fails mid-way.
int ret;
int i;
for (i = 0; i < count; i++)
{
arr1[i] = kmalloc(size1, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!arr1[i]) {
ret = -ENOMEM;
goto err;
}
arr2[i] = kmalloc(size2, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!arr2[i]) {
/* error handling in mid-way loop */
kfree(arr1[i]);
arr1[i] = NULL;
ret = -ENOMEM;
goto err;
}
}
return 0;
err:
while (--i >= 0)
{
kfree(arr2[i]);
kfree(arr1[i]);
}
return ret;