Re: [PATCH] driver: nvme: fix missing error code

[Dongliang Mu]

On Tue, Nov 30, 2021 at 11:48 PM Keith Busch <kbusch@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Nov 30, 2021 at 09:50:14PM +0800, Dongliang Mu wrote:
> > Smatch reports:
> >
> > drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c:865
> > nvme_mpath_init_identify() warn: missing error code 'error'
> >
> > In one error handling path of nvme_mpath_init_identify(Line 865), error
> > is not initialized as an errno.
> >
> > Fix this by assigning error to -EINVAL.
>
> Nak, the code is correct as-is. Returning a negetive error will abort
> the initialization process. We don't need ANA support in order to manage
> this controller, so failing a controller for an optional condition
> isn't helpful.
>

OK, I see. Let's ignore this patch.

> The other parts of this function returning negetive errors should be
> fixed to return 0, though.

Do I need to modify the error value to zero and submit another patch?
Or you will take care of it?

>
> > Signed-off-by: Dongliang Mu <mudongliangabcd@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c | 1 +
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c b/drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c
> > index 7f2071f2460c..2cbeb6d6b064 100644
> > --- a/drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c
> > +++ b/drivers/nvme/host/multipath.c
> > @@ -862,6 +862,7 @@ int nvme_mpath_init_identify(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, struct nvme_id_ctrl *id)
> >                       "ANA log page size (%zd) larger than MDTS (%zd).\n",
> >                       ana_log_size, max_transfer_size);
> >               dev_err(ctrl->device, "disabling ANA support.\n");
> > +             error = -EINVAL;
> >               goto out_uninit;
> >       }
> >       if (ana_log_size > ctrl->ana_log_size) {
> > --
> > 2.25.1
> >