Return -ENOMEM instead of NULL, which makes caller's error handling just a touch simpler. Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@xxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/events/uprobes.c | 4 +--- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/events/uprobes.c b/kernel/events/uprobes.c index f87049c08ee9..23449a8c5e7e 100644 --- a/kernel/events/uprobes.c +++ b/kernel/events/uprobes.c @@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ static struct uprobe *alloc_uprobe(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset, uprobe = kzalloc(sizeof(struct uprobe), GFP_KERNEL); if (!uprobe) - return NULL; + return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM); uprobe->inode = inode; uprobe->offset = offset; @@ -1161,8 +1161,6 @@ static int __uprobe_register(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset, retry: uprobe = alloc_uprobe(inode, offset, ref_ctr_offset); - if (!uprobe) - return -ENOMEM; if (IS_ERR(uprobe)) return PTR_ERR(uprobe); -- 2.43.0