linux-kernel - [PATCH AUTOSEL for 4.14 113/135] nullb: fix error return code in null

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Date:   Thu, 7 Dec 2017 15:45:58 +0000
From:   alexander.levin@...izon.com
To:     "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "stable@...r.kernel.org" <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     Wei Yongjun <weiyongjun1@...wei.com>, Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
        alexander.levin@...izon.com
Subject: [PATCH AUTOSEL for 4.14 113/135] nullb: fix error return code in
 null_init()

From: Wei Yongjun <weiyongjun1@...wei.com>

[ Upstream commit 30c516d750396c5f3ec9cb04c9e025c25e91495e ]

Fix to return error code -ENOMEM from the null_alloc_dev() error
handling case instead of 0, as done elsewhere in this function.

Fixes: 2984c8684f96 ("nullb: factor disk parameters")
Signed-off-by: Wei Yongjun <weiyongjun1@...wei.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@...izon.com>
---
 drivers/block/null_blk.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/block/null_blk.c b/drivers/block/null_blk.c
index 8042c26ea9e6..4d55af5c6e5b 100644
--- a/drivers/block/null_blk.c
+++ b/drivers/block/null_blk.c
@@ -1985,8 +1985,10 @@ static int __init null_init(void)
 
 	for (i = 0; i < nr_devices; i++) {
 		dev = null_alloc_dev();
-		if (!dev)
+		if (!dev) {
+			ret = -ENOMEM;
 			goto err_dev;
+		}
 		ret = null_add_dev(dev);
 		if (ret) {
 			null_free_dev(dev);
-- 
2.11.0