From: Wanpeng Li <liwp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
When kmem_cache_alloc fails alloc slab object from
hugetlbfs_inode_cachep, return -ENOMEM in usual. But
hugetlbfs_alloc_inode implementation has inconsitency
with it and returns NULL. Fix it to return -ENOMEM.
Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <liwp.linux@xxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c | 2 +-
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
index c4b85d0..79a0f33 100644
--- a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
@@ -696,7 +696,7 @@ static struct inode *hugetlbfs_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
p = kmem_cache_alloc(hugetlbfs_inode_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
if (unlikely(!p)) {
hugetlbfs_inc_free_inodes(sbinfo);
- return NULL;
+ return -ENOMEM;
}
return &p->vfs_inode;
}
--
1.7.5.4
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