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SubjectRe: [PATCH] block: wrong return value
On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 08:12:06AM -0600, Jens Axboe wrote:
> On 10/23/2014 07:20 AM, Sudip Mukherjee wrote:
> > while compiling integer err was showing as a set but unused variable.
> > elevator_init_fn can be either cfq_init_queue or deadline_init_queue
> > or noop_init_queue.
> > all three of these functions are returning -ENOMEM if they fail to
> > allocate the queue.
> > so we should actually be returning the error code rather than
> > returning 0 always.
>
> That does look weird. You need an elevator_put() in the error case,
> though, ala:
>
oops.. sorry i missed that elevator_get in the code.
I will send you v2 of the patch.

thanks
sudip

> err = e->ops.elevator_init_fn(q, e);
> if (err)
> elevator_put(e);
>
> return err;
>
>
> --
> Jens Axboe
>


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