netdev - Re: [PATCH nf-next 1/8] netfilter: flowtable: move nf

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Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2023 15:10:51 +0100
From: Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
To: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
Cc: Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>, netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org,
	lorenzo@...nel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH nf-next 1/8] netfilter: flowtable: move nf_flowtable out
 of container structures

Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org> wrote:
> > -	err = nf_flow_table_init(&ct_ft->nf_ft);
> > +	ct_ft->nf_ft = kzalloc(sizeof(*ct_ft->nf_ft), GFP_KERNEL);
> > +	if (!ct_ft->nf_ft)
> > +		goto err_alloc;
> 
> Hi Florian,
> 
> This branch will cause the function to return err, but err is 0 here.
> Perhaps it should be set to a negative error value instead?

Yes, this should fail with -ENOMEM.