* [PATCH 1/1] net: bridge: set error code on failure
@ 2016-12-03 11:33 Pan Bian
2016-12-05 16:37 ` Stephen Hemminger
2016-12-05 18:27 ` David Miller
0 siblings, 2 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Pan Bian @ 2016-12-03 11:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Stephen Hemminger, David S. Miller, bridge, netdev; +Cc: linux-kernel, Pan Bian
Function br_sysfs_addbr() does not set error code when the call
kobject_create_and_add() returns a NULL pointer. It may be better to
return "-ENOMEM" when kobject_create_and_add() fails.
Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=188781
Signed-off-by: Pan Bian <bianpan2016@163.com>
---
net/bridge/br_sysfs_br.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/net/bridge/br_sysfs_br.c b/net/bridge/br_sysfs_br.c
index e120307..f88c4df 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_sysfs_br.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_sysfs_br.c
@@ -898,6 +898,7 @@ int br_sysfs_addbr(struct net_device *dev)
if (!br->ifobj) {
pr_info("%s: can't add kobject (directory) %s/%s\n",
__func__, dev->name, SYSFS_BRIDGE_PORT_SUBDIR);
+ err = -ENOMEM;
goto out3;
}
return 0;
--
1.9.1
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* Re: [PATCH 1/1] net: bridge: set error code on failure
2016-12-03 11:33 [PATCH 1/1] net: bridge: set error code on failure Pan Bian
@ 2016-12-05 16:37 ` Stephen Hemminger
2016-12-05 18:27 ` David Miller
1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Stephen Hemminger @ 2016-12-05 16:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Pan Bian; +Cc: David S. Miller, bridge, netdev, linux-kernel
On Sat, 3 Dec 2016 19:33:23 +0800
Pan Bian <bianpan2016@163.com> wrote:
> Function br_sysfs_addbr() does not set error code when the call
> kobject_create_and_add() returns a NULL pointer. It may be better to
> return "-ENOMEM" when kobject_create_and_add() fails.
>
> Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=188781
>
> Signed-off-by: Pan Bian <bianpan2016@163.com>
> ---
> net/bridge/br_sysfs_br.c | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/net/bridge/br_sysfs_br.c b/net/bridge/br_sysfs_br.c
> index e120307..f88c4df 100644
> --- a/net/bridge/br_sysfs_br.c
> +++ b/net/bridge/br_sysfs_br.c
> @@ -898,6 +898,7 @@ int br_sysfs_addbr(struct net_device *dev)
> if (!br->ifobj) {
> pr_info("%s: can't add kobject (directory) %s/%s\n",
> __func__, dev->name, SYSFS_BRIDGE_PORT_SUBDIR);
> + err = -ENOMEM;
> goto out3;
> }
> return 0;
Makes sense. Although such a small allocation should never fail.
Acked-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
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* Re: [PATCH 1/1] net: bridge: set error code on failure
2016-12-03 11:33 [PATCH 1/1] net: bridge: set error code on failure Pan Bian
2016-12-05 16:37 ` Stephen Hemminger
@ 2016-12-05 18:27 ` David Miller
1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: David Miller @ 2016-12-05 18:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: bianpan2016; +Cc: stephen, bridge, netdev, linux-kernel
From: Pan Bian <bianpan2016@163.com>
Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2016 19:33:23 +0800
> Function br_sysfs_addbr() does not set error code when the call
> kobject_create_and_add() returns a NULL pointer. It may be better to
> return "-ENOMEM" when kobject_create_and_add() fails.
>
> Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=188781
>
> Signed-off-by: Pan Bian <bianpan2016@163.com>
Applied.
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