linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/4] mm/shmem: return error code directly

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Date:   Wed, 1 Jun 2022 20:44:16 +0800
From:   Chen Wandun <chenwandun@...wei.com>
To:     <hughd@...gle.com>, <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        <linux-mm@...ck.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:     <chenwandun@...wei.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] mm/shmem: return error code directly

If [addr, addr + len) beyond TASK_SIZE, return error code directly.
No need to check this case in caller.

Signed-off-by: Chen Wandun <chenwandun@...wei.com>
---
 mm/shmem.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index 1136dd7da9e5..ca04f3975a8a 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -2146,7 +2146,7 @@ unsigned long shmem_get_unmapped_area(struct file *file,
 	if (offset_in_page(addr))
 		return -EINVAL;
 	if (addr > TASK_SIZE - len)
-		return addr;
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	if (shmem_huge == SHMEM_HUGE_DENY)
 		return addr;
-- 
2.25.1