Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 23 Oct 2014 10:30:23 -0600 | From | Jens Axboe <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2] block: wrong return value |
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On 10/23/2014 10:28 AM, Sudip Mukherjee wrote: > On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 10:09:36AM -0600, Jens Axboe wrote: >> On 10/23/2014 10:04 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. >>> >>> Signed-off-by: Sudip Mukherjee <sudip@vectorindia.org> >>> --- >>> >>> change in v2: added elevator_put >>> >>> block/elevator.c | 6 ++++-- >>> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) >>> >>> diff --git a/block/elevator.c b/block/elevator.c >>> index 24c28b6..1267c2b 100644 >>> --- a/block/elevator.c >>> +++ b/block/elevator.c >>> @@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ static void elevator_release(struct kobject *kobj) >>> int elevator_init(struct request_queue *q, char *name) >>> { >>> struct elevator_type *e = NULL; >>> - int err; >>> + int err = 0; >> >> Why init it to 0? > not required actually. my initial thinking was that we are returning 0 on success or else the error code. so gave it a default value of 0. > but elevator_init_fn is returning 0 on success , so we will get 0 even if we do not initialize it. > should i resend after modifying it?
Yes resend it please, the assignment is meaningless as it is overwritten later before being used.
-- Jens Axboe
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