[PATCH] misc: mic: fix incorrect use of error codes in SCIF DMA driver

From: Eric Biggers
Date: Fri Dec 11 2015 - 21:12:06 EST


The error code passed to ERR_PTR() always should be negated. Also, the
return value of scif_add_mmu_notifier() was never checked.

Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers3@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/misc/mic/scif/scif_dma.c | 14 +++++---------
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/misc/mic/scif/scif_dma.c b/drivers/misc/mic/scif/scif_dma.c
index 95a13c6..f6aeebd 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/mic/scif/scif_dma.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/mic/scif/scif_dma.c
@@ -276,13 +276,10 @@ static struct scif_mmu_notif *
scif_find_mmu_notifier(struct mm_struct *mm, struct scif_endpt_rma_info *rma)
{
struct scif_mmu_notif *mmn;
- struct list_head *item;

- list_for_each(item, &rma->mmn_list) {
- mmn = list_entry(item, struct scif_mmu_notif, list);
+ list_for_each_entry(mmn, &rma->mmn_list, list)
if (mmn->mm == mm)
return mmn;
- }
return NULL;
}

@@ -293,13 +290,12 @@ scif_add_mmu_notifier(struct mm_struct *mm, struct scif_endpt *ep)
= kzalloc(sizeof(*mmn), GFP_KERNEL);

if (!mmn)
- return ERR_PTR(ENOMEM);
+ return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);

scif_init_mmu_notifier(mmn, current->mm, ep);
- if (mmu_notifier_register(&mmn->ep_mmu_notifier,
- current->mm)) {
+ if (mmu_notifier_register(&mmn->ep_mmu_notifier, current->mm)) {
kfree(mmn);
- return ERR_PTR(EBUSY);
+ return ERR_PTR(-EBUSY);
}
list_add(&mmn->list, &ep->rma_info.mmn_list);
return mmn;
@@ -1730,7 +1726,7 @@ static int scif_rma_copy(scif_epd_t epd, off_t loffset, unsigned long addr,
mutex_lock(&ep->rma_info.mmn_lock);
mmn = scif_find_mmu_notifier(current->mm, &ep->rma_info);
if (!mmn)
- scif_add_mmu_notifier(current->mm, ep);
+ mmn = scif_add_mmu_notifier(current->mm, ep);
mutex_unlock(&ep->rma_info.mmn_lock);
if (IS_ERR(mmn)) {
scif_put_peer_dev(spdev);
--
2.6.3

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