linux-kernel - [PATCH] fix error handling in ext3_create

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Date:	Mon, 2 Jul 2007 00:11:11 +0200
From:	Borislav Petkov <bbpetkov@...oo.de>
To:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH] fix error handling in ext3_create_journal


---
From: Borislav Petkov <bbpetkov@...oo.de>

Fix error handling in ext3_create_journal according to kernel conventions.

Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bbpetkov@...oo.de>
--

Index: linux-2.6.22-rc6/fs/ext3/super.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.22-rc6/fs/ext3/super.c.orig	2007-07-01 21:12:51.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.22-rc6/fs/ext3/super.c	2007-07-01 21:14:32.000000000 +0200
@@ -2075,6 +2075,7 @@
 			       unsigned int journal_inum)
 {
 	journal_t *journal;
+	int err;
 
 	if (sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "EXT3-fs: readonly filesystem when trying to "
@@ -2082,13 +2083,15 @@
 		return -EROFS;
 	}
 
-	if (!(journal = ext3_get_journal(sb, journal_inum)))
+	journal = ext3_get_journal(sb, journal_inum);
+	if (!journal)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	printk(KERN_INFO "EXT3-fs: creating new journal on inode %u\n",
 	       journal_inum);
 
-	if (journal_create(journal)) {
+	err = journal_create(journal);
+	if (err) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "EXT3-fs: error creating journal.\n");
 		journal_destroy(journal);
 		return -EIO;
-- 
Regards/Gruß,
    Boris.
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