linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] dasd: PTR_ERR return of wrong pointer in dasd_alias_make_device_known_to

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Message-ID: <20091207142213.286a8824@mschwide.boeblingen.de.ibm.com>
Date:	Mon, 7 Dec 2009 14:22:13 +0100
From:	Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@...ibm.com>
To:	Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@...il.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, wein@...ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] dasd: PTR_ERR return of wrong pointer in
 dasd_alias_make_device_known_to_lcu()

On Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:18:40 +0100
Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@...il.com> wrote:

> Return the PTR_ERR of the correct pointer.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@...il.com>
> ---
>  drivers/s390/block/dasd_alias.c |    2 +-
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> Unless I am mistaken?
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/s390/block/dasd_alias.c b/drivers/s390/block/dasd_alias.c
> index 70a008c..fa37148 100644
> --- a/drivers/s390/block/dasd_alias.c
> +++ b/drivers/s390/block/dasd_alias.c
> @@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ int dasd_alias_make_device_known_to_lcu(struct dasd_device *device)
>  		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&aliastree.lock, flags);
>  		newlcu = _allocate_lcu(uid);
>  		if (IS_ERR(newlcu))
> -			return PTR_ERR(lcu);
> +			return PTR_ERR(newlcu);
>  		spin_lock_irqsave(&aliastree.lock, flags);
>  		lcu = _find_lcu(server, uid);
>  		if (!lcu) {

You are not mistaken. I'll add the patch to the queue. Thanks.

-- 
blue skies,
   Martin.

"Reality continues to ruin my life." - Calvin.

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