… openat() and open() initialize'from' and 'to', and only 'from' validated with 'if' statement.
Why do you find such information helpful?
If theinitialization of variable 'to' fails,
The variable assignment will usually succeed. A stored return value would eventually indicate a failed function call.
we should better check the valueof 'to' and close 'from' to avoid possible file leak. Improve the checking of 'from' additionally.
Please split desired changes into separate update steps. https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Docu...
How do you think about to use a summary phrase like “Complete error handling in copy_fromat_to()”?
Under which circumstances would you become interested to take remaining patch review concerns better into account?
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