linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] cachefiles: fix error return code in cachefiles_ondemand

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Date:   Sat, 20 Aug 2022 17:22:19 +0800
From:   JeffleXu <jefflexu@...ux.alibaba.com>
To:     Sun Ke <sunke32@...wei.com>, dhowells@...hat.com
Cc:     linux-cachefs@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] cachefiles: fix error return code in
 cachefiles_ondemand_copen()



On 8/18/22 8:50 PM, Sun Ke wrote:
> The cache_size field of copen is specified by the user daemon.
> If cache_size < 0, then the OPEN request is expected to fail,
> while copen itself shall succeed. However, returning 0 is indeed
> unexpected when cache_size is an invalid error code.
> 
> Fix this by returning error when cache_size is an invalid error code.
> 
> Fixes: c8383054506c ("cachefiles: notify the user daemon when looking up cookie")
> Signed-off-by: Sun Ke <sunke32@...wei.com>

LGTM.

Reviewed-by: Jingbo Xu <jefflexu@...ux.alibaba.com>

> ---
> v3: update the commit log suggested by Jingbo.
> 
>  fs/cachefiles/ondemand.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/cachefiles/ondemand.c b/fs/cachefiles/ondemand.c
> index 1fee702d5529..ea8a1e8317d9 100644
> --- a/fs/cachefiles/ondemand.c
> +++ b/fs/cachefiles/ondemand.c
> @@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ int cachefiles_ondemand_copen(struct cachefiles_cache *cache, char *args)
>  	/* fail OPEN request if daemon reports an error */
>  	if (size < 0) {
>  		if (!IS_ERR_VALUE(size))
> -			size = -EINVAL;
> +			ret = size = -EINVAL;
>  		req->error = size;
>  		goto out;
>  	}

-- 
Thanks,
Jingbo