linux-kernel - [PATCH] mm/cma_debug: Check return value of the debugfs_create

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Date:	Tue, 25 Aug 2015 13:52:34 +0600
From:	Alexander Kuleshov <kuleshovmail@...il.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Joonsoo Kim <js1304@...il.com>,
	Michal Nazarewicz <mina86@...a86.com>,
	Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@...cle.com>,
	Stefan Strogin <stefan.strogin@...il.com>,
	Dmitry Safonov <d.safonov@...tner.samsung.com>
Cc:	linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Alexander Kuleshov <kuleshovmail@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH] mm/cma_debug: Check return value of the debugfs_create_dir()

The debugfs_create_dir() function may fail and return error. If the
root directory not created, we can't create anything inside it. This
patch adds check for this case.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Kuleshov <kuleshovmail@...il.com>
---
 mm/cma_debug.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/mm/cma_debug.c b/mm/cma_debug.c
index f8e4b60..bfb46e2 100644
--- a/mm/cma_debug.c
+++ b/mm/cma_debug.c
@@ -171,6 +171,9 @@ static void cma_debugfs_add_one(struct cma *cma, int idx)
 
 	tmp = debugfs_create_dir(name, cma_debugfs_root);
 
+	if (!tmp)
+		return;
+
 	debugfs_create_file("alloc", S_IWUSR, tmp, cma,
 				&cma_alloc_fops);
 
-- 
2.5.0

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