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Re: [PATCH 06/10] drivers:ethernet: return -ENOMEM on allocation failure.

From Allen <allen.lkml@gmail.com>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH 06/10] drivers:ethernet: return -ENOMEM on allocation failure.
Date 2017-09-13 15:10 +0200
Message-ID <upfAt-7M6-5@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink)
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>
> static int cas_alloc_rxds(struct cas *cp)
> {
>         int i;
>
>         for (i = 0; i < N_RX_DESC_RINGS; i++) {
>                 if (cas_alloc_rx_desc(cp, i) < 0) {
>                         cas_free_rxds(cp);
>                         return -1;
>                 }
>         }
>         return 0;
> }
>
> Again, your change is correct, but in the end the value is not used.
> And if you fix it at the cas_alloc_rxds level, you also need a fix at
> the next level up:
>
>         err = -ENOMEM;
>         if (cas_tx_tiny_alloc(cp) < 0)
>                 goto err_unlock;
>
>         /* alloc rx descriptors */
>         if (cas_alloc_rxds(cp) < 0)
>                 goto err_tx_tiny;
>
> again, the return value is discarded.

 I agree. I could send out v2 with fixes at both level.

- Allen

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[PATCH 01/10] arch:powerpc: return -ENOMEM on failed allocation Allen Pais <allen.lkml@gmail.com> - 2017-09-13 09:40 +0200
  [PATCH 02/10] drivers:crypto: return -ENOMEM on allocation failure. Allen Pais <allen.lkml@gmail.com> - 2017-09-13 09:40 +0200
  [PATCH 08/10] driver:cxgbit: return -NOMEM on allocation failure. Allen Pais <allen.lkml@gmail.com> - 2017-09-13 09:40 +0200
  [PATCH 03/10] driver:gpu: return -ENOMEM on allocation failure. Allen Pais <allen.lkml@gmail.com> - 2017-09-13 09:40 +0200
  [PATCH 04/10] drivers:mpt: return -ENOMEM on allocation failure. Allen Pais <allen.lkml@gmail.com> - 2017-09-13 09:40 +0200
  [PATCH 10/10] fs:btrfs: return -ENOMEM on allocation failure. Allen Pais <allen.lkml@gmail.com> - 2017-09-13 09:40 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 10/10] fs:btrfs: return -ENOMEM on allocation failure. David Sterba <dsterba@suse.cz> - 2017-09-13 17:20 +0200
  [PATCH 09/10] driver:video: return -ENOMEM on allocation failure. Allen Pais <allen.lkml@gmail.com> - 2017-09-13 09:40 +0200
  [PATCH 05/10] drivers:net: return -ENOMEM on allocation failure. Allen Pais <allen.lkml@gmail.com> - 2017-09-13 09:40 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 05/10] drivers:net: return -ENOMEM on allocation failure. Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch> - 2017-09-13 14:10 +0200
      Re: [PATCH 05/10] drivers:net: return -ENOMEM on allocation failure. Allen <allen.lkml@gmail.com> - 2017-09-13 15:10 +0200
      Re: [PATCH 05/10] drivers:net: return -ENOMEM on allocation failure. Allen <allen.lkml@gmail.com> - 2017-09-20 09:20 +0200
  [PATCH 07/10] driver:megaraid: return -ENOMEM on allocation failure. Allen Pais <allen.lkml@gmail.com> - 2017-09-13 09:40 +0200
  [PATCH 06/10] drivers:ethernet: return -ENOMEM on allocation failure. Allen Pais <allen.lkml@gmail.com> - 2017-09-13 09:40 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 06/10] drivers:ethernet: return -ENOMEM on allocation  failure. Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch> - 2017-09-13 14:20 +0200
      Re: [PATCH 06/10] drivers:ethernet: return -ENOMEM on allocation failure. Allen <allen.lkml@gmail.com> - 2017-09-13 15:10 +0200
      Re: [PATCH 06/10] drivers:ethernet: return -ENOMEM on allocation failure. Allen <allen.lkml@gmail.com> - 2017-09-20 09:00 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 06/10] drivers:ethernet: return -ENOMEM on allocation  failure. David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> - 2017-09-13 18:30 +0200
  Re: [PATCH 01/10] arch:powerpc: return -ENOMEM on failed allocation Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> - 2017-09-13 17:00 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 01/10] arch:powerpc: return -ENOMEM on failed allocation Allen <allen.lkml@gmail.com> - 2017-09-14 06:50 +0200

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