linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -next] watch_queue: Fix error return code in watch_queue_set

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Date:   Mon, 20 Jan 2020 11:32:28 +0000
From:   David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:     Wei Yongjun <weiyongjun1@...wei.com>
Cc:     dhowells@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH -next] watch_queue: Fix error return code in watch_queue_set_size()

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

>  	pages = kcalloc(sizeof(struct page *), nr_pages, GFP_KERNEL);
> -	if (!pages)
> +	if (!pages) {
> +		ret = -ENOMEM;

I think the preferred method would be to set ret before calling kcalloc as the
attached.

David
---

diff --git a/kernel/watch_queue.c b/kernel/watch_queue.c
index 8c625cf451e6..a11724d66834 100644
--- a/kernel/watch_queue.c
+++ b/kernel/watch_queue.c
@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@ long watch_queue_set_size(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, unsigned int nr_notes)
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto error;
 
+	ret = -ENOMEM;
 	pages = kcalloc(sizeof(struct page *), nr_pages, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!pages)
 		goto error;