netdev - [PATCH net v3 4/7] net/rds: Fix NULL/ERR

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Date:   Tue, 16 Jul 2019 15:29:07 -0700
From:   Gerd Rausch <gerd.rausch@...cle.com>
To:     Santosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar@...cle.com>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org,
        rds-devel@....oracle.com
Cc:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: [PATCH net v3 4/7] net/rds: Fix NULL/ERR_PTR inconsistency

Make function "rds_ib_try_reuse_ibmr" return NULL in case
memory region could not be allocated, since callers
simply check if the return value is not NULL.

Signed-off-by: Gerd Rausch <gerd.rausch@...cle.com>
---
 net/rds/ib_rdma.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/rds/ib_rdma.c b/net/rds/ib_rdma.c
index 6b047e63a769..c8c1e3ae8d84 100644
--- a/net/rds/ib_rdma.c
+++ b/net/rds/ib_rdma.c
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ struct rds_ib_mr *rds_ib_try_reuse_ibmr(struct rds_ib_mr_pool *pool)
 				rds_ib_stats_inc(s_ib_rdma_mr_8k_pool_depleted);
 			else
 				rds_ib_stats_inc(s_ib_rdma_mr_1m_pool_depleted);
-			return ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN);
+			break;
 		}
 
 		/* We do have some empty MRs. Flush them out. */
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ struct rds_ib_mr *rds_ib_try_reuse_ibmr(struct rds_ib_mr_pool *pool)
 			return ibmr;
 	}
 
-	return ibmr;
+	return NULL;
 }
 
 static void rds_ib_mr_pool_flush_worker(struct work_struct *work)
-- 
2.22.0