linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 1/3] ext2: improve ext2

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Date:	Sun, 17 Feb 2008 07:09:26 -0500
From:	Theodore Tso <tytso@....EDU>
To:	Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] ext2: improve ext2_readdir() return value

On Sun, Feb 17, 2008 at 02:56:13PM +0900, Akinobu Mita wrote:
> This patch improves ext2_readdir() return value for ext2_get_page() failure
> by using the actual result of ext2_get_page().

> -			return -EIO;
> +			return PTR_ERR(page);

The patch is harmless, and maybe even a good thing from an abstract
point of view, but you realize that EIO is the only thing that
ext2_get_page() can return, right?

						- Ted
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