On Mon, Feb 12, 2018 at 11:14:55AM -0600, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote: > It seems that the proper value to return in this particular case is the > one contained into variable new_index instead of ret. > > Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1465148 ("Copy-paste error") > Fixes: e46c7287b1c2 ("nbd: add a basic netlink interface") Reviewed-by: Omar Sandoval <osandov@xxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/block/nbd.c | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/block/nbd.c b/drivers/block/nbd.c > index 5f2a424..86258b0 100644 > --- a/drivers/block/nbd.c > +++ b/drivers/block/nbd.c > @@ -1591,7 +1591,7 @@ static int nbd_genl_connect(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info) > if (new_index < 0) { > mutex_unlock(&nbd_index_mutex); > printk(KERN_ERR "nbd: failed to add new device\n"); > - return ret; > + return new_index; > } > nbd = idr_find(&nbd_index_idr, new_index); > } > -- > 2.7.4 >