linux-kernel - [PATCH 5/5] cachefiles: correct the return value of cachefiles_check

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Message-Id: <20240424032732.2711487-6-libaokun@huaweicloud.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2024 11:27:32 +0800
From: libaokun@...weicloud.com
To: netfs@...ts.linux.dev
Cc: dhowells@...hat.com,
	jlayton@...nel.org,
	linux-cachefs@...hat.com,
	linux-erofs@...ts.ozlabs.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	libaokun@...weicloud.com,
	Baokun Li <libaokun1@...wei.com>
Subject: [PATCH 5/5] cachefiles: correct the return value of cachefiles_check_auxdata()

From: Baokun Li <libaokun1@...wei.com>

Pass the error code to ret when xlen < 0 to avoid misleading the caller.

Fixes: 72b957856b0c ("cachefiles: Implement metadata/coherency data storage in xattrs")
Signed-off-by: Baokun Li <libaokun1@...wei.com>
---
 fs/cachefiles/xattr.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/cachefiles/xattr.c b/fs/cachefiles/xattr.c
index 20e4a4391090..4dd8a993c60a 100644
--- a/fs/cachefiles/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/cachefiles/xattr.c
@@ -110,9 +110,11 @@ int cachefiles_check_auxdata(struct cachefiles_object *object, struct file *file
 	if (xlen == 0)
 		xlen = vfs_getxattr(&nop_mnt_idmap, dentry, cachefiles_xattr_cache, buf, tlen);
 	if (xlen != tlen) {
-		if (xlen < 0)
+		if (xlen < 0) {
+			ret = xlen;
 			trace_cachefiles_vfs_error(object, file_inode(file), xlen,
 						   cachefiles_trace_getxattr_error);
+		}
 		if (xlen == -EIO)
 			cachefiles_io_error_obj(
 				object,
-- 
2.39.2