Re: [PATCH net-XXX] SUNRPC: Add an IS_ERR() check back to where it was

From: Simon Horman
Date: Fri Oct 13 2023 - 08:34:45 EST


On Wed, Oct 11, 2023 at 11:00:22AM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> This IS_ERR() check was deleted during in a cleanup because, at the time,
> the rpcb_call_async() function could not return an error pointer. That
> changed in commit 25cf32ad5dba ("SUNRPC: Handle allocation failure in
> rpc_new_task()") and now it can return an error pointer. Put the check
> back.
>
> A related revert was done in commit 13bd90141804 ("Revert "SUNRPC:
> Remove unreachable error condition"").
>
> Fixes: 037e910b52b0 ("SUNRPC: Remove unreachable error condition in rpcb_getport_async()")
> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks,

I've reviewed the logic of this commit along with the description
and it matches up in my mind.

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@xxxxxxxxxx>