Re: [PATCH next] dm delay: Fix missing error code in delay_ctr()

From: Christian Loehle
Date: Tue Oct 31 2023 - 05:36:02 EST


On 31/10/2023 07:10, Harshit Mogalapalli wrote:
> When worker thread allocation fails, return error instead of
> zero(success).
>
> Also when kthread_create fails it returns ERR pointers and not NULL, so
> fix that as well.
>
> Fixes: c1fce71d29b2 ("dm delay: for short delays, use kthread instead of timers and wq")
> Signed-off-by: Harshit Mogalapalli <harshit.m.mogalapalli@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Smatch complained about the missing error code.
> This patch is only compile tested.
> ---
> drivers/md/dm-delay.c | 4 +++-
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-delay.c b/drivers/md/dm-delay.c
> index 3d91804923eb..efd510984e25 100644
> --- a/drivers/md/dm-delay.c
> +++ b/drivers/md/dm-delay.c
> @@ -280,8 +280,10 @@ static int delay_ctr(struct dm_target *ti, unsigned int argc, char **argv)
> */
> dc->worker = kthread_create(&flush_worker_fn, dc,
> "dm-delay-flush-worker");
> - if (!dc->worker)
> + if (IS_ERR(dc->worker)) {
> + ret = PTR_ERR(dc->worker);
> goto bad;
> + }
> } else {
> timer_setup(&dc->delay_timer, handle_delayed_timer, 0);
> INIT_WORK(&dc->flush_expired_bios, flush_expired_bios);
Reviewed-by: Christian Loehle <christian.loehle@xxxxxxx>

Thanks!