Re: [PATCH] dax: check return value of dax_radix_entry()

From: Matthew Wilcox
Date: Wed Mar 02 2016 - 09:09:54 EST


On Tue, Mar 01, 2016 at 03:15:08PM -0700, Ross Zwisler wrote:
> dax_pfn_mkwrite() previously wasn't checking the return value of the call
> to dax_radix_entry(), which was a mistake.
>
> Instead, capture this return value and pass it up the stack if it is an
> error.

> */
> - dax_radix_entry(file->f_mapping, vmf->pgoff, NO_SECTOR, false, true);
> + error = dax_radix_entry(file->f_mapping, vmf->pgoff, NO_SECTOR, false,
> + true);
> + if (error)
> + return error;
> +
> return VM_FAULT_NOPAGE;

You can't return an errno from here.

if (error)
return VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;

is better. For full points,

if (error == -ENOMEM)
return VM_FAULT_OOM;
if (error)
return VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
return VM_FAULT_NOPAGE;