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[patch] nbd: blk_mq_init_queue returns an error code on failure, not NULL

From Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject [patch] nbd: blk_mq_init_queue returns an error code on failure, not NULL
Date 2017-01-09 21:30 +0100
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Additionally, don't assign directly to disk->queue, otherwise
blk_put_queue (called via put_disk) will choke (panic) on the errno
stored there.

Bug found by code inspection after Omar found a similar issue in
virtio_blk.  Compile-tested only.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com>

diff --git a/drivers/block/nbd.c b/drivers/block/nbd.c
index 38c576f..50a2020 100644
--- a/drivers/block/nbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/nbd.c
@@ -1042,6 +1042,7 @@ static int __init nbd_init(void)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < nbds_max; i++) {
+		struct request_queue *q;
 		struct gendisk *disk = alloc_disk(1 << part_shift);
 		if (!disk)
 			goto out;
@@ -1067,12 +1068,13 @@ static int __init nbd_init(void)
 		 * every gendisk to have its very own request_queue struct.
 		 * These structs are big so we dynamically allocate them.
 		 */
-		disk->queue = blk_mq_init_queue(&nbd_dev[i].tag_set);
-		if (!disk->queue) {
+		q = blk_mq_init_queue(&nbd_dev[i].tag_set);
+		if (IS_ERR(q)) {
 			blk_mq_free_tag_set(&nbd_dev[i].tag_set);
 			put_disk(disk);
 			goto out;
 		}
+		disk->queue = q;
 
 		/*
 		 * Tell the block layer that we are not a rotational device

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