linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH] IB/rdmavt: return proper error code

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Date:   Fri, 24 Apr 2020 13:50:22 +0000
From:   "Marciniszyn, Mike" <mike.marciniszyn@...el.com>
To:     Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>,
        Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>
CC:     "Dalessandro, Dennis" <dennis.dalessandro@...el.com>,
        Doug Ledford <dledford@...hat.com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org" <linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] IB/rdmavt: return proper error code

> Subject: Re: [PATCH] IB/rdmavt: return proper error code
> 
> On Thu, Apr 23, 2020 at 01:04:34PM +0100, Sudip Mukherjee wrote:
> > The function rvt_create_mmap_info() can return either NULL or an error
> > in ERR_PTR(). Check properly for both the error type and return the
> > error code accordingly.
> 
> Please fix rvt_create_mmap_info to always return ERR_PTR, never null
> on failure.
> 
> Thanks,
> Jason

I agree on the ERR_PTR return, but the patch is incomplete.

The original patch:

Fixes: ff23dfa13457 ("IB: Pass only ib_udata in function prototypes")

Broke all the call sites: cq.c, srq.c, and qp.c.

Mike