linux-ext4 - [PATCH V2 1/2] Ext2: return ENOMEM rather than EIO if sb

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Date:	Tue, 15 Jan 2013 21:19:06 -0800
From:	Wang Shilong <wangshilong1991@...il.com>
To:	jack@...e.cz
CC:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH V2 1/2] Ext2: return ENOMEM rather than EIO if sb_getblk fails

From: Wang Shilong <wangsl-fnst@...fujitsu.com>

As the only reason that sb_getblks fails is that allocation fails.
It will be better to use ENOMEM rather than EIO.

Signed-off-by: Wang Shilong <wangsl-fnst@...fujitsu.com>
---
 fs/ext2/xattr.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext2/xattr.c b/fs/ext2/xattr.c
index 06209ec..2d7557d 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/xattr.c
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ ext2_xattr_set2(struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head *old_bh,
 			if (unlikely(!new_bh)) {
 				ext2_free_blocks(inode, block, 1);
 				mark_inode_dirty(inode);
-				error = -EIO;
+				error = -ENOMEM;
 				goto cleanup;
 			}
 			lock_buffer(new_bh);
-- 1.7.7.6

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