Re: [PATCH] bonding: return -ENOMEM on rlb_initialize() allocation failure

[Jay Vosburgh]

Jiapeng Chong <jiapeng.chong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c:861 rlb_initialize() warn: returning -1 instead of -ENOMEM is sloppy.

	I'll disagree; the return value is only ever tested for being
non-zero.

	-J

>Link: https://bugzilla.openanolis.cn/show_bug.cgi?id=1896
>Reported-by: Abaci Robot <abaci@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Signed-off-by: Jiapeng Chong <jiapeng.chong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>---
> drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
>diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c
>index 60cb9a0225aa..96cb4404b3c7 100644
>--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c
>+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c
>@@ -858,7 +858,7 @@ static int rlb_initialize(struct bonding *bond)
> 
> 	new_hashtbl = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
> 	if (!new_hashtbl)
>-		return -1;
>+		return -ENOMEM;
> 
> 	spin_lock_bh(&bond->mode_lock);
> 
>-- 
>2.20.1.7.g153144c
>

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	-Jay Vosburgh, jay.vosburgh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx