linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] snic: Return error code on memory allocation failure

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Date:   Wed, 21 Dec 2016 15:07:33 +0000
From:   "Narsimhulu Musini (nmusini)" <nmusini@...co.com>
To:     Burak Ok <burak-kernel@...0k.de>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:     "linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Martin K Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        James E J Bottomley <jejb@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        "Sesidhar Baddela (sebaddel)" <sebaddel@...co.com>,
        "Karan Tilak Kumar (kartilak)" <kartilak@...co.com>,
        "linux-kernel@...cs.fau.de" <linux-kernel@...cs.fau.de>,
        Andreas Schaertl <andreas.schaertl@....de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] snic: Return error code on memory allocation failure


On 21/12/16 7:15 pm, "Burak Ok" <burak-kernel@...0k.de> wrote:

>If a call to mempool_create_slab_pool() in snic_probe() returns NULL,
>return -ENOMEM to indicate failure. mempool_creat_slab_pool() only fails
>if
>it cannot allocate memory.
>
>https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=189061
>
>Reported-by: bianpan2010@....edu.cn
>Signed-off-by: Burak Ok <burak-kernel@...0k.de>
>Signed-off-by: Andreas Schaertl <andreas.schaertl@....de>
Acked-by: Narsimhulu Musini <nmusini@...co.com>
>---
> drivers/scsi/snic/snic_main.c | 3 +++
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>
>diff --git a/drivers/scsi/snic/snic_main.c b/drivers/scsi/snic/snic_main.c
>index 396b32d..7cf70aa 100644
>--- a/drivers/scsi/snic/snic_main.c
>+++ b/drivers/scsi/snic/snic_main.c
>@@ -591,6 +591,7 @@ snic_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct
>pci_device_id *ent)
> 	if (!pool) {
> 		SNIC_HOST_ERR(shost, "dflt sgl pool creation failed\n");
> 
>+		ret = -ENOMEM;
> 		goto err_free_res;
> 	}
> 
>@@ -601,6 +602,7 @@ snic_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct
>pci_device_id *ent)
> 	if (!pool) {
> 		SNIC_HOST_ERR(shost, "max sgl pool creation failed\n");
> 
>+		ret = -ENOMEM;
> 		goto err_free_dflt_sgl_pool;
> 	}
> 
>@@ -611,6 +613,7 @@ snic_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct
>pci_device_id *ent)
> 	if (!pool) {
> 		SNIC_HOST_ERR(shost, "snic tmreq info pool creation failed.\n");
> 
>+		ret = -ENOMEM;
> 		goto err_free_max_sgl_pool;
> 	}
> 
>-- 
>2.7.4
>