linux-kernel - [PATCH 11/11] zcache/tmem: Better error checking on frontswap_register

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Date:	Fri, 15 Feb 2013 15:20:35 -0500
From:	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
To:	dan.magenheimer@...cle.com, sjenning@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	ngupta@...are.org, rcj@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
	minchan@...nel.org
Cc:	ric.masonn@...il.com, lliubbo@...il.com,
	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
Subject: [PATCH 11/11] zcache/tmem: Better error checking on frontswap_register_ops return value.

In the past it either used to be NULL or the "older" backend. Now we
also return -Exx error codes.

Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
---
 drivers/staging/zcache/zcache-main.c | 5 ++++-
 drivers/xen/tmem.c                   | 5 ++++-
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/zcache/zcache-main.c b/drivers/staging/zcache/zcache-main.c
index 3554987..48e46c5 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/zcache/zcache-main.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/zcache/zcache-main.c
@@ -2006,8 +2006,11 @@ static int __init zcache_init(void)
 			namestr, frontswap_has_exclusive_gets,
 			!disable_frontswap_ignore_nonactive);
 #endif
-		if (old_ops != NULL)
+		if (IS_ERR(old_ops) || old_ops) {
+			if (IS_ERR(old_ops))
+				return PTR_RET(old_ops);
 			pr_warn("%s: frontswap_ops overridden\n", namestr);
+		}
 	}
 	if (ramster_enabled)
 		ramster_init(!disable_cleancache, !disable_frontswap,
diff --git a/drivers/xen/tmem.c b/drivers/xen/tmem.c
index 9a4a9ec..2f939e5 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/tmem.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/tmem.c
@@ -395,8 +395,11 @@ static int xen_tmem_init(void)
 			frontswap_register_ops(&tmem_frontswap_ops);
 
 		tmem_frontswap_poolid = -1;
-		if (old_ops)
+		if (IS_ERR(old_ops) || old_ops) {
+			if (IS_ERR(old_ops))
+				return PTR_ERR(old_ops);
 			s = " (WARNING: frontswap_ops overridden)";
+		}
 		printk(KERN_INFO "frontswap enabled, RAM provided by "
 				 "Xen Transcendent Memory\n");
 	}
-- 
1.8.0.2

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