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authorJoe Thornber <ejt@redhat.com>2015-01-28 13:07:46 +0100
committerMike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>2015-01-28 15:59:20 +0100
commit766a78882ddf79b162243649d7dfdbac1fb6fb88 (patch)
treee1c821d7bf052d865abafeaf0b119d56a7996ef9 /drivers/md
parentLinux 3.19-rc6 (diff)
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dm cache: fix missing ERR_PTR returns and handling
Commit 9b1cc9f251 ("dm cache: share cache-metadata object across inactive and active DM tables") mistakenly ignored the use of ERR_PTR returns. Restore missing IS_ERR checks and ERR_PTR returns where appropriate. Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Joe Thornber <ejt@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/md')
-rw-r--r--drivers/md/dm-cache-metadata.c9
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-cache-metadata.c b/drivers/md/dm-cache-metadata.c
index 21b156242e42..c1c010498a21 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-cache-metadata.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-cache-metadata.c
@@ -683,7 +683,7 @@ static struct dm_cache_metadata *metadata_open(struct block_device *bdev,
cmd = kzalloc(sizeof(*cmd), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!cmd) {
DMERR("could not allocate metadata struct");
- return NULL;
+ return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
}
atomic_set(&cmd->ref_count, 1);
@@ -745,7 +745,7 @@ static struct dm_cache_metadata *lookup_or_open(struct block_device *bdev,
return cmd;
cmd = metadata_open(bdev, data_block_size, may_format_device, policy_hint_size);
- if (cmd) {
+ if (!IS_ERR(cmd)) {
mutex_lock(&table_lock);
cmd2 = lookup(bdev);
if (cmd2) {
@@ -780,9 +780,10 @@ struct dm_cache_metadata *dm_cache_metadata_open(struct block_device *bdev,
{
struct dm_cache_metadata *cmd = lookup_or_open(bdev, data_block_size,
may_format_device, policy_hint_size);
- if (cmd && !same_params(cmd, data_block_size)) {
+
+ if (!IS_ERR(cmd) && !same_params(cmd, data_block_size)) {
dm_cache_metadata_close(cmd);
- return NULL;
+ return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
}
return cmd;