Re: [PATCH] fix return value error

[Leon Romanovsky]

On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 11:17 AM, Heloise NH <os@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Heloise NH <os@xxxxxxxxxxx>
The patch is a correct one, however can you update the subject and
description to be more informative?
Please add that new_inode() function can fail for allocation only.

> ---
>  drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_fs.c | 2 +-
>  drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_fs.c     | 2 +-
>  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_fs.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_fs.c
> index 25422a3..da753bc 100644
> --- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_fs.c
> +++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_fs.c
> @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ static int ipathfs_mknod(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
>         struct inode *inode = new_inode(dir->i_sb);
>
>         if (!inode) {
> -               error = -EPERM;
> +               error = -ENOMEM;
>                 goto bail;
>         }
>
> diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_fs.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_fs.c
> index 13ef22b..a4c5a6a 100644
> --- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_fs.c
> +++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_fs.c
> @@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ static int qibfs_mknod(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
>         struct inode *inode = new_inode(dir->i_sb);
>
>         if (!inode) {
> -               error = -EPERM;
> +               error = -ENOMEM;
>                 goto bail;
>         }
>
> --
> 1.9.1
>
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