linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Fix a bad bug in read_cache_page

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Date:	Wed, 9 May 2007 09:07:19 -0300
From:	"Glauber de Oliveira Costa" <glommer@...il.com>
To:	"David Howells" <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc:	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	npiggin@...e.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix a bad bug in read_cache_page_async()

>         page = __read_cache_page(mapping, index, filler, data);
>         if (IS_ERR(page))
> -               goto out;
> +               goto error;
any reason for not simply returning page here?


>                 page = ERR_PTR(err);
> +               goto error;
same


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