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[1/1,v2] xen: xenbus: set error code on failure

Message ID 1480926142-19882-1-git-send-email-bianpan2016@163.com (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
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Pan Bian Dec. 5, 2016, 8:22 a.m. UTC
Variable err is initialized with 0. As a result, the return value may 
be 0 even if get_zeroed_page() fails to allocate memory. This patch fixes
the bug, initializing err with "-ENOMEM".

v1 is reviewed by: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>

Signed-off-by: Pan Bian <bianpan2016@163.com>
---
 drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_probe.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Comments

Juergen Gross Dec. 5, 2016, 9 a.m. UTC | #1
On 05/12/16 09:22, Pan Bian wrote:
> Variable err is initialized with 0. As a result, the return value may 
> be 0 even if get_zeroed_page() fails to allocate memory. This patch fixes
> the bug, initializing err with "-ENOMEM".
> 
> v1 is reviewed by: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>

I didn't say so.

> Signed-off-by: Pan Bian <bianpan2016@163.com>

Now I do:

Reviewed-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>


Juergen

> ---
>  drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_probe.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_probe.c b/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_probe.c
> index 33a31cf..8178d5b 100644
> --- a/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_probe.c
> +++ b/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_probe.c
> @@ -702,7 +702,7 @@ static int __init xenbus_probe_initcall(void)
>   */
>  static int __init xenstored_local_init(void)
>  {
> -	int err = 0;
> +	int err = -ENOMEM;
>  	unsigned long page = 0;
>  	struct evtchn_alloc_unbound alloc_unbound;
>  
>
Juergen Gross Dec. 8, 2016, 6:58 a.m. UTC | #2
On 05/12/16 09:22, Pan Bian wrote:
> Variable err is initialized with 0. As a result, the return value may 
> be 0 even if get_zeroed_page() fails to allocate memory. This patch fixes
> the bug, initializing err with "-ENOMEM".
> 
> v1 is reviewed by: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
> 
> Signed-off-by: Pan Bian <bianpan2016@163.com>

Commited to xen/tip.git for-linus-4.10


Juergen
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diff --git a/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_probe.c b/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_probe.c
index 33a31cf..8178d5b 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_probe.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_probe.c
@@ -702,7 +702,7 @@  static int __init xenbus_probe_initcall(void)
  */
 static int __init xenstored_local_init(void)
 {
-	int err = 0;
+	int err = -ENOMEM;
 	unsigned long page = 0;
 	struct evtchn_alloc_unbound alloc_unbound;