linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm/hugetlb: fix error code in hugetlbfs_alloc

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Date:	Mon, 9 Jul 2012 19:01:04 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
To:	Wanpeng Li <liwp.linux@...il.com>
cc:	Gavin Shan <shangw@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	William Irwin <wli@...omorphy.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm/hugetlb: fix error code in hugetlbfs_alloc_inode

On Tue, 10 Jul 2012, Wanpeng Li wrote:

> >>diff --git a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
> >>index c4b85d0..79a0f33 100644
> >>--- a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
> >>+++ b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
> >>@@ -696,7 +696,7 @@ static struct inode *hugetlbfs_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
> >> 	p = kmem_cache_alloc(hugetlbfs_inode_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
> >> 	if (unlikely(!p)) {
> >> 		hugetlbfs_inc_free_inodes(sbinfo);
> >>-		return NULL;
> >>+		return -ENOMEM;
> >
> >The function is expecting "struct inode *", man.
> >
> >static struct inode *hugetlbfs_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
> >
> Hmm, replace it by ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM). 
> 

Please listen to the feedback you're getting before you reply.

This function is called by alloc_inode().  It tests whether the return 
value is NULL or not, it doesn't check for PTR_ERR().  It's correct the 
way it's written and you would have broken it.

In the future, please demonstrate how you've tested your patches before 
proposing them.
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