linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] f2fs: fix args passed to trace_f2fs_lookup

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Message-ID: <ZHDqhy4E9iSnneLa@google.com>
Date:   Fri, 26 May 2023 10:21:11 -0700
From:   Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@...nel.org>
To:     Wu Bo <bo.wu@...o.com>
Cc:     Chao Yu <chao@...nel.org>, linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, wubo.oduw@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] f2fs: fix args passed to trace_f2fs_lookup_end

On 05/24, Wu Bo wrote:
> The NULL return of 'd_splice_alias' dosen't mean error.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wu Bo <bo.wu@...o.com>
> ---
>  fs/f2fs/namei.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/f2fs/namei.c b/fs/f2fs/namei.c
> index 77a71276ecb1..e5a3e39ce90c 100644
> --- a/fs/f2fs/namei.c
> +++ b/fs/f2fs/namei.c
> @@ -577,7 +577,7 @@ static struct dentry *f2fs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
>  #endif
>  	new = d_splice_alias(inode, dentry);
>  	err = PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(new);
> -	trace_f2fs_lookup_end(dir, dentry, ino, !new ? -ENOENT : err);
> +	trace_f2fs_lookup_end(dir, new ? new : dentry, ino, err);

Shouldn't give an error pointer to the dentry field.

How about just giving the err?

-       err = PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(new);
-       trace_f2fs_lookup_end(dir, dentry, ino, !new ? -ENOENT : err);
+       trace_f2fs_lookup_end(dir, dentry, ino, PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(new));


>  	return new;
>  out_iput:
>  	iput(inode);
> -- 
> 2.35.3