linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] hfs: incorrect return values

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Date:	Wed, 25 Mar 2015 09:54:42 -0700
From:	Viacheslav Dubeyko <slava@...eyko.com>
To:	Chengyu Song <csong84@...ech.edu>
Cc:	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	taesoo@...ech.edu, changwoo@...ech.edu, sanidhya@...ech.edu,
	blee@...ech.edu
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] hfs: incorrect return values

On Tue, 2015-03-24 at 20:37 -0400, Chengyu Song wrote:
> In case of memory allocation error, the return should be -ENOMEM,
> instead of -ENOSPC.
> 

To be honest, I am not fully sure that such fix makes sense. Of course,
it is possible to exchange -ENOSPC on -ENOMEM. But principally it is not
critical to use as -ENOSPC as -ENOMEM in such situation, from my point
of view.

Anyway, it is possible to change error code here.

Thanks,
Vyacheslav Dubeyko.


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