Returning pool id (i.e. >= 0) from a sysfs ->store() callback makes userspace think it needs to retry the write. Fix it - it's a leftover from the times when the equivalent of rbd_dev_create() was the first action in rbd_add(). Signed-off-by: Ilya Dryomov <idryomov@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/block/rbd.c | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/block/rbd.c b/drivers/block/rbd.c index 07f666f4ca18..df795deffe77 100644 --- a/drivers/block/rbd.c +++ b/drivers/block/rbd.c @@ -5394,7 +5394,7 @@ static ssize_t do_rbd_add(struct bus_type *bus, struct rbd_spec *spec = NULL; struct rbd_client *rbdc; bool read_only; - int rc = -ENOMEM; + int rc; if (!try_module_get(THIS_MODULE)) return -ENODEV; @@ -5429,8 +5429,10 @@ static ssize_t do_rbd_add(struct bus_type *bus, } rbd_dev = rbd_dev_create(rbdc, spec, rbd_opts); - if (!rbd_dev) + if (!rbd_dev) { + rc = -ENOMEM; goto err_out_client; + } rbdc = NULL; /* rbd_dev now owns this */ spec = NULL; /* rbd_dev now owns this */ rbd_opts = NULL; /* rbd_dev now owns this */ -- 2.4.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe ceph-devel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html