linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.14 156/178] nullb: fix error return code in null

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Message-Id: <20171218152927.344196641@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:   Mon, 18 Dec 2017 16:49:52 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Wei Yongjun <weiyongjun1@...wei.com>,
        Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
        Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@...izon.com>
Subject: [PATCH 4.14 156/178] nullb: fix error return code in null_init()

4.14-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Wei Yongjun <weiyongjun1@...wei.com>


[ Upstream commit 30c516d750396c5f3ec9cb04c9e025c25e91495e ]

Fix to return error code -ENOMEM from the null_alloc_dev() error
handling case instead of 0, as done elsewhere in this function.

Fixes: 2984c8684f96 ("nullb: factor disk parameters")
Signed-off-by: Wei Yongjun <weiyongjun1@...wei.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@...izon.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
---
 drivers/block/null_blk.c |    4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/drivers/block/null_blk.c
+++ b/drivers/block/null_blk.c
@@ -1985,8 +1985,10 @@ static int __init null_init(void)
 
 	for (i = 0; i < nr_devices; i++) {
 		dev = null_alloc_dev();
-		if (!dev)
+		if (!dev) {
+			ret = -ENOMEM;
 			goto err_dev;
+		}
 		ret = null_add_dev(dev);
 		if (ret) {
 			null_free_dev(dev);