Re: [PATCH] fs: return error on error condition

[Jens Axboe]

On 2010-10-20 16:50, Nicolas Kaiser wrote:
> It's intended to return an error, right?
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nicolas Kaiser <nikai@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  fs/pipe.c |    2 +-
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/pipe.c b/fs/pipe.c
> index 279eef9..37eb1eb 100644
> --- a/fs/pipe.c
> +++ b/fs/pipe.c
> @@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ pipe_read(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *_iov,
>  			error = ops->confirm(pipe, buf);
>  			if (error) {
>  				if (!ret)
> -					error = ret;
> +					ret = error;
>  				break;
>  			}
>  

Thanks, that is indeed a bug. I'll commit and mark for stable.

-- 
Jens Axboe

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