On 03/28/2020 02:32 PM, Guoqing Jiang wrote: >> >diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c >> >index 18b8c09d093e..7e4a1da0715e 100644 >> >--- a/block/blk-core.c >> >+++ b/block/blk-core.c >> >@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ struct request_queue *blk_alloc_queue(make_request_fn make_request, int node_id) >> > struct request_queue *q; >> > >> > if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!make_request)) >> >- return -EINVAL; >> >+ return NULL; > Maybe return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL) is better. > Initially I used that, what if existing callers are reallying on NULL vs !NULL return value ? Use of NULL just makes the code consistent with existing return value. If Jens is okay with ERR_PTR(), I'll send V2. > Thanks, > Guoqing >