linux-kernel - [PATCH] init: return proper error code in do_mounts

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Date:	Thu, 20 Jan 2011 11:55:12 -0300
From:	Davidlohr Bueso <dave@....org>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...il.com>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] init: return proper error code in do_mounts_rd

From: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@....org>

In do_mounts_rd() if memory cannot be allocated, return -ENOMEM.

Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@....org>
---
 init/do_mounts_rd.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/init/do_mounts_rd.c b/init/do_mounts_rd.c
index 6e1ee69..fe9acb0 100644
--- a/init/do_mounts_rd.c
+++ b/init/do_mounts_rd.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ identify_ramdisk_image(int fd, int start_block, decompress_fn *decompressor)
 
 	buf = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!buf)
-		return -1;
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	minixsb = (struct minix_super_block *) buf;
 	ext2sb = (struct ext2_super_block *) buf;
-- 
1.7.1



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