Re: [PATCH 2/3] uprobes: simplify error handling for alloc_uprobe()

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On Wed, 10 Jul 2024 18:31:11 +0200
Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Return -ENOMEM instead of NULL, which makes caller's error handling just
> a touch simpler.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>

Looks good to me.

Reviewed-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
>  kernel/events/uprobes.c | 4 +---
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/events/uprobes.c b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
> index 4950decebe5c..e5b7c6239970 100644
> --- a/kernel/events/uprobes.c
> +++ b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
> @@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ static struct uprobe *alloc_uprobe(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset,
>  
>  	uprobe = kzalloc(sizeof(struct uprobe), GFP_KERNEL);
>  	if (!uprobe)
> -		return NULL;
> +		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
>  
>  	uprobe->inode = inode;
>  	uprobe->offset = offset;
> @@ -1166,8 +1166,6 @@ int uprobe_register(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset, loff_t ref_ctr_offset,
>  
>   retry:
>  	uprobe = alloc_uprobe(inode, offset, ref_ctr_offset);
> -	if (!uprobe)
> -		return -ENOMEM;
>  	if (IS_ERR(uprobe))
>  		return PTR_ERR(uprobe);
>  
> -- 
> 2.25.1.362.g51ebf55
> 
> 


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Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>