Re: [patch] NFS: kmalloc() doesn't return an ERR_PTR()

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On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 04:48:23PM +0300, Boaz Harrosh wrote:
> On 05/14/2012 10:45 PM, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> 
> > Obviously we should check for NULL here instead of IS_ERR().
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > diff --git a/fs/nfs/idmap.c b/fs/nfs/idmap.c
> > index ba3019f..233beea 100644
> > --- a/fs/nfs/idmap.c
> > +++ b/fs/nfs/idmap.c
> > @@ -644,14 +644,14 @@ static int nfs_idmap_legacy_upcall(struct key_construction *cons,
> >  
> >  	/* msg and im are freed in idmap_pipe_destroy_msg */
> >  	msg = kmalloc(sizeof(*msg), GFP_KERNEL);
> > -	if (IS_ERR(msg)) {
> > -		ret = PTR_ERR(msg);
> > +	if (!msg) {
> 
> 
> While at it please put an unlikely()
> 

Normally we wouldn't put an unlikely() here.  It makes the code
less readable and it's not going to affect benchmarks.  But I can
add one if people prefer.

regards,
dan carpenter

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