linux-kernel - [PATCH] fs: return error on error condition

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Date:	Wed, 20 Oct 2010 16:50:47 +0200
From:	Nicolas Kaiser <nikai@...ai.net>
To:	Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Cc:	Jens Axboe <jaxboe@...ionio.com>, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] fs: return error on error condition

It's intended to return an error, right?

Signed-off-by: Nicolas Kaiser <nikai@...ai.net>
---
 fs/pipe.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/pipe.c b/fs/pipe.c
index 279eef9..37eb1eb 100644
--- a/fs/pipe.c
+++ b/fs/pipe.c
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ pipe_read(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *_iov,
 			error = ops->confirm(pipe, buf);
 			if (error) {
 				if (!ret)
-					error = ret;
+					ret = error;
 				break;
 			}
 
-- 
1.7.2.2
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