[PATCH v1 rdma-next] RDMA/core: Use ERR_CAST to return an error-valued pointer

From: Yu Jiaoliang
Date: Thu Sep 05 2024 - 05:35:32 EST


Instead of directly casting and returning (void *) pointer, use ERR_CAST
to explicitly return an error-valued pointer. This makes the error handling
more explicit and improves code clarity.

Signed-off-by: Yu Jiaoliang <yujiaoliang@xxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/infiniband/core/mad_rmpp.c | 2 +-
drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_cmd.c | 2 +-
drivers/infiniband/core/verbs.c | 2 +-
3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/mad_rmpp.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/mad_rmpp.c
index 8af0619a39cd..b4b10e8a6495 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/mad_rmpp.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/mad_rmpp.c
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ static struct ib_mad_send_buf *alloc_response_msg(struct ib_mad_agent *agent,
ah = ib_create_ah_from_wc(agent->qp->pd, recv_wc->wc,
recv_wc->recv_buf.grh, agent->port_num);
if (IS_ERR(ah))
- return (void *) ah;
+ return ERR_CAST(ah);

hdr_len = ib_get_mad_data_offset(recv_wc->recv_buf.mad->mad_hdr.mgmt_class);
msg = ib_create_send_mad(agent, recv_wc->wc->src_qp,
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_cmd.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_cmd.c
index 1b3ea71f2c33..35a83825f6ba 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_cmd.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_cmd.c
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ _ib_uverbs_lookup_comp_file(s32 fd, struct uverbs_attr_bundle *attrs)
fd, attrs);

if (IS_ERR(uobj))
- return (void *)uobj;
+ return ERR_CAST(uobj);

uverbs_uobject_get(uobj);
uobj_put_read(uobj);
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/verbs.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/verbs.c
index 473ee0831307..77268cce4d31 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/verbs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/verbs.c
@@ -572,7 +572,7 @@ struct ib_ah *rdma_create_ah(struct ib_pd *pd, struct rdma_ah_attr *ah_attr,
GFP_KERNEL : GFP_ATOMIC);
if (IS_ERR(slave)) {
rdma_unfill_sgid_attr(ah_attr, old_sgid_attr);
- return (void *)slave;
+ return ERR_CAST(slave);
}
ah = _rdma_create_ah(pd, ah_attr, flags, NULL, slave);
rdma_lag_put_ah_roce_slave(slave);
--
2.34.1