linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.14 30/71] RDMA/mlx5: Return proper error value

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Date:   Fri, 17 Jan 2020 00:18:28 +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, Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...lanox.com>,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...lanox.com>
Subject: [PATCH 4.14 30/71] RDMA/mlx5: Return proper error value

From: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...lanox.com>

commit 546d30099ed204792083f043cd7e016de86016a3 upstream.

Returned value from mlx5_mr_cache_alloc() is checked to be error or real
pointer. Return proper error code instead of NULL which is not checked
later.

Fixes: 81713d3788d2 ("IB/mlx5: Add implicit MR support")
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20191029055721.7192-1-leon@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...lanox.com>
Reviewed-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...lanox.com>
Signed-off-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...lanox.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mr.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mr.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mr.c
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ struct mlx5_ib_mr *mlx5_mr_cache_alloc(s
 
 	if (entry < 0 || entry >= MAX_MR_CACHE_ENTRIES) {
 		mlx5_ib_err(dev, "cache entry %d is out of range\n", entry);
-		return NULL;
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 	}
 
 	ent = &cache->ent[entry];