linux-kernel - [PATCH] nbd: fix return value in error handling path

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Date:   Mon, 12 Feb 2018 11:14:55 -0600
From:   "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavo@...eddedor.com>
To:     Josef Bacik <jbacik@...com>
Cc:     linux-block@...r.kernel.org, nbd@...er.debian.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <garsilva@...eddedor.com>
Subject: [PATCH] nbd: fix return value in error handling path

It seems that the proper value to return in this particular case is the
one contained into variable new_index instead of ret.

Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1465148 ("Copy-paste error")
Fixes: e46c7287b1c2 ("nbd: add a basic netlink interface")
Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavo@...eddedor.com>
---
 drivers/block/nbd.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/block/nbd.c b/drivers/block/nbd.c
index 5f2a424..86258b0 100644
--- a/drivers/block/nbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/nbd.c
@@ -1591,7 +1591,7 @@ static int nbd_genl_connect(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 			if (new_index < 0) {
 				mutex_unlock(&nbd_index_mutex);
 				printk(KERN_ERR "nbd: failed to add new device\n");
-				return ret;
+				return new_index;
 			}
 			nbd = idr_find(&nbd_index_idr, new_index);
 		}
-- 
2.7.4