This patch makes configfs_new_dirent return negative error code instead of NULL, which will be useful in the next patch to differentiate ENOMEM from ENOENT. Signed-off-by: Louis Rilling --- fs/configfs/dir.c | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) Index: b/fs/configfs/dir.c =================================================================== --- a/fs/configfs/dir.c 2008-06-16 17:42:43.000000000 +0200 +++ b/fs/configfs/dir.c 2008-06-16 18:54:11.000000000 +0200 @@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ #include #include #include +#include #include #include "configfs_internal.h" @@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ static struct configfs_dirent *configfs_ sd = kmem_cache_zalloc(configfs_dir_cachep, GFP_KERNEL); if (!sd) - return NULL; + return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM); atomic_set(&sd->s_count, 1); INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sd->s_links); @@ -129,8 +130,8 @@ int configfs_make_dirent(struct configfs struct configfs_dirent * sd; sd = configfs_new_dirent(parent_sd, element); - if (!sd) - return -ENOMEM; + if (IS_ERR(sd)) + return PTR_ERR(sd); sd->s_mode = mode; sd->s_type = type; @@ -1277,7 +1278,7 @@ static int configfs_dir_open(struct inod file->private_data = configfs_new_dirent(parent_sd, NULL); mutex_unlock(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex); - return file->private_data ? 0 : -ENOMEM; + return IS_ERR(file->private_data) ? PTR_ERR(file->private_data) : 0; } -- Dr Louis Rilling Kerlabs Skype: louis.rilling Batiment Germanium Phone: (+33|0) 6 80 89 08 23 80 avenue des Buttes de Coesmes http://www.kerlabs.com/ 35700 Rennes -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/