[PATCH next] ntfs: add missing error code in ntfs_mft_record_alloc()

From: Dan Carpenter

Date: Fri Apr 10 2026 - 02:47:40 EST


Return -ENOMEM if the kmalloc() fails. Don't return success.

Fixes: 115380f9a2f9 ("ntfs: update mft operations")
Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@xxxxxxxxx>
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I have wanted to avoid sending patches but it was easier to fix it than
explain the warning. :P

fs/ntfs/namei.c:677 __ntfs_create() error: uninitialized symbol 'ni_mrec'.

fs/ntfs/mft.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/fs/ntfs/mft.c b/fs/ntfs/mft.c
index bf028c1aea26..0c545fd08b66 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/mft.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs/mft.c
@@ -2503,6 +2503,7 @@ int ntfs_mft_record_alloc(struct ntfs_volume *vol, const int mode,
folio_unlock(folio);
kunmap_local(m);
folio_put(folio);
+ err = -ENOMEM;
goto undo_mftbmp_alloc;
}

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