linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] lightnvm: fix wrong return value and remove nvme_free(dev) in nvm

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Date:	Thu, 19 Nov 2015 17:08:14 +0100
From:	Matias <mb@...htnvm.io>
To:	Wenwei Tao <ww.tao0320@...il.com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] lightnvm: fix wrong return value and remove nvme_free(dev)
 in nvm_init()

On 11/19/2015 04:23 PM, Wenwei Tao wrote:
> The return value should be non-zero under error conditions.
> Remove nvme_free(dev) to avoid free dev more than once.
>
> Signed-off-by: Wenwei Tao <ww.tao0320@...il.com>
> ---
>   drivers/lightnvm/core.c | 6 ++----
>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/core.c b/drivers/lightnvm/core.c
> index f659e60..1942752 100644
> --- a/drivers/lightnvm/core.c
> +++ b/drivers/lightnvm/core.c
> @@ -220,14 +220,13 @@ static void nvm_free(struct nvm_dev *dev)
>   static int nvm_init(struct nvm_dev *dev)
>   {
>   	struct nvmm_type *mt;
> -	int ret = 0;
> +	int ret = -EINVAL;
>
>   	if (!dev->q || !dev->ops)
> -		return -EINVAL;
> +		return ret;
>
>   	if (dev->ops->identity(dev->q, &dev->identity)) {
>   		pr_err("nvm: device could not be identified\n");
> -		ret = -EINVAL;
>   		goto err;
>   	}
>
> @@ -273,7 +272,6 @@ static int nvm_init(struct nvm_dev *dev)
>   			dev->nr_chnls);
>   	return 0;
>   err:
> -	nvm_free(dev);
>   	pr_err("nvm: failed to initialize nvm\n");
>   	return ret;
>   }
>

Applied, Thanks Tao.
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