Re: [PATCH] block: return NULL in blk_alloc_queue() on error

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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
>





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