linux-kernel - [PATCH] KVM: use a more sensible error number when debugfs directory creation fails

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Date:	Wed, 30 Oct 2013 12:17:32 +0100
From:	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	kvm@...r.kernel.org, tim.gardner@...onical.com, gleb@...hat.com,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: [PATCH] KVM: use a more sensible error number when debugfs directory creation fails

I don't know if this was due to cut and paste, or somebody was really
using a D20 to pick the error code for kvm_init_debugfs as suggested by
Linus (EFAULT is 14, so the possibility cannot be entirely ruled out).

In any case, this patch fixes it.

Reported-by: Tim Gardner <tim.gardner@...onical.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
---
 virt/kvm/kvm_main.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index a9dd682cf5e3..1cf9ccb01013 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -3091,7 +3091,7 @@ static const struct file_operations *stat_fops[] = {
 
 static int kvm_init_debug(void)
 {
-	int r = -EFAULT;
+	int r = -EEXIST;
 	struct kvm_stats_debugfs_item *p;
 
 	kvm_debugfs_dir = debugfs_create_dir("kvm", NULL);
-- 
1.8.3.1

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