linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] devm_memremap: Fix error value when memremap failed

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Date:	Fri, 5 Feb 2016 17:52:03 -0800
From:	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
To:	Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@....com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org" <linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org>,
	Linux MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] devm_memremap: Fix error value when memremap failed

On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 5:49 PM, Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 5:40 PM, Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@....com> wrote:
>> devm_memremap() returns an ERR_PTR() value in case of error.
>> However, it returns NULL when memremap() failed.  This causes
>> the caller, such as the pmem driver, to proceed and oops later.
>>
>> Change devm_memremap() to return ERR_PTR(-ENXIO) when memremap()
>> failed.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@....com>
>> Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
>> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
>
> Acked-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>

Should also go to -stable, I'll add that and include this with some
other fixes I have brewing.