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mm/demotion: Fix NULL vs IS_ERR checking in memory_tier_init

Message ID 20221110030751.1627266-1-linmq006@gmail.com (mailing list archive)
State New
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Series mm/demotion: Fix NULL vs IS_ERR checking in memory_tier_init | expand

Commit Message

Miaoqian Lin Nov. 10, 2022, 3:07 a.m. UTC
The alloc_memory_type() function return error pointers on error
instead of NULL.
Use IS_ERR() to check the return value to fix this.

Fixes: 7b88bda3761b ("mm/demotion/dax/kmem: set node's abstract distance to MEMTIER_DEFAULT_DAX_ADISTANCE")
Signed-off-by: Miaoqian Lin <linmq006@gmail.com>
---
 mm/memory-tiers.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Comments

Huang, Ying Nov. 10, 2022, 3:09 a.m. UTC | #1
Miaoqian Lin <linmq006@gmail.com> writes:

> The alloc_memory_type() function return error pointers on error
> instead of NULL.
> Use IS_ERR() to check the return value to fix this.
>
> Fixes: 7b88bda3761b ("mm/demotion/dax/kmem: set node's abstract distance to MEMTIER_DEFAULT_DAX_ADISTANCE")
> Signed-off-by: Miaoqian Lin <linmq006@gmail.com>

Thanks!

Reviewed-by: "Huang, Ying" <ying.huang@intel.com>

> ---
>  mm/memory-tiers.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/memory-tiers.c b/mm/memory-tiers.c
> index fa8c9d07f9ce..ac0dae9e54bf 100644
> --- a/mm/memory-tiers.c
> +++ b/mm/memory-tiers.c
> @@ -645,7 +645,7 @@ static int __init memory_tier_init(void)
>  	 * than default DRAM tier.
>  	 */
>  	default_dram_type = alloc_memory_type(MEMTIER_ADISTANCE_DRAM);
> -	if (!default_dram_type)
> +	if (IS_ERR(default_dram_type))
>  		panic("%s() failed to allocate default DRAM tier\n", __func__);
>  
>  	/*
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Patch

diff --git a/mm/memory-tiers.c b/mm/memory-tiers.c
index fa8c9d07f9ce..ac0dae9e54bf 100644
--- a/mm/memory-tiers.c
+++ b/mm/memory-tiers.c
@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@  static int __init memory_tier_init(void)
 	 * than default DRAM tier.
 	 */
 	default_dram_type = alloc_memory_type(MEMTIER_ADISTANCE_DRAM);
-	if (!default_dram_type)
+	if (IS_ERR(default_dram_type))
 		panic("%s() failed to allocate default DRAM tier\n", __func__);
 
 	/*