netdev - [PATCH net-next] qdisc: meta return ENOMEM on alloc failure

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Date:	Thu, 26 Sep 2013 17:40:11 -0700
From:	Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, Thomas Graf <tgraf@...g.ch>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net-next] qdisc: meta return ENOMEM on alloc failure

Rather than returning earlier value (EINVAL), return ENOMEM if
kzalloc fails. Found while reviewing to find another EINVAL condition.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>

--- a/net/sched/em_meta.c	2013-08-10 10:36:11.657498301 -0700
+++ b/net/sched/em_meta.c	2013-09-05 16:47:43.915846185 -0700
@@ -793,8 +793,10 @@ static int em_meta_change(struct tcf_pro
 		goto errout;
 
 	meta = kzalloc(sizeof(*meta), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (meta == NULL)
+	if (meta == NULL) {
+		err = -ENOMEM;
 		goto errout;
+	}
 
 	memcpy(&meta->lvalue.hdr, &hdr->left, sizeof(hdr->left));
 	memcpy(&meta->rvalue.hdr, &hdr->right, sizeof(hdr->right));
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