Re: [PATCH] vfio: Fix handling of error returned by 'vfio_group_get_from_dev()'

From: Dan Carpenter
Date: Wed Nov 30 2016 - 13:27:45 EST


On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 09:36:46AM -0700, Alex Williamson wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Nov 2016 08:06:12 +0100
> Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > 'vfio_group_get_from_dev()' seems to return only NULL on error, not an error
> > pointer.
> >
> > Fixes: 2169037dc322 ("vfio iommu: Added pin and unpin callback functions to vfio_iommu_driver_ops")
> > Fixes: c086de818dd8 ("vfio iommu: Add blocking notifier to notify DMA_UNMAP")
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
>
> Dan Carpenter proposed a nearly identical patch:
>
> http://www.spinics.net/lists/kvm/msg141468.html
>
> The difference is you return -ENODEV while Dan returns -EINVAL. I tend
> to prefer -ENODEV to distinguish this error case versus validation of
> the other parameters. This patch also identifies both commits
> introducing these, so I'm inclined to take this one rather than Dan's
> version. Dan & Kirti, I welcome any credits you'd like to apply to
> this patch for identifying and reviewing the same issue. Thanks,
>

Could I get a Reported-by?

thanks,
dan carpenter