[dm-devel] [PATCH] 2/5: make client_add() return void

[Kevin Corry]

kcopyd.c: client_add() can return void instead of an int, which will eliminate
an unnecessary error path in kcopyd_client_create().

--- diff/drivers/md/kcopyd.c	2004-06-21 13:53:41.000000000 -0500
+++ source/drivers/md/kcopyd.c	2004-06-21 13:55:37.320001568 -0500
@@ -573,12 +573,11 @@
 static DECLARE_MUTEX(_client_lock);
 static LIST_HEAD(_clients);
 
-static int client_add(struct kcopyd_client *kc)
+static void client_add(struct kcopyd_client *kc)
 {
 	down(&_client_lock);
 	list_add(&kc->list, &_clients);
 	up(&_client_lock);
-	return 0;
 }
 
 static void client_del(struct kcopyd_client *kc)
@@ -668,15 +667,7 @@
 		return r;
 	}
 
-	r = client_add(kc);
-	if (r) {
-		dm_io_put(nr_pages);
-		client_free_pages(kc);
-		kfree(kc);
-		kcopyd_exit();
-		return r;
-	}
-
+	client_add(kc);
 	*result = kc;
 	return 0;
 }