On Fri, Jul 09, 2021 at 11:43:38AM +0000, Wei Liu wrote: > +static long > +mshv_partition_ioctl_create_device(struct mshv_partition *partition, > + void __user *user_args) > +{ [...] > + mshv_partition_get(partition); > + r = anon_inode_getfd(ops->name, &mshv_device_fops, dev, O_RDWR | O_CLOEXEC); > + if (r < 0) { > + mshv_partition_put_no_destroy(partition); > + list_del(&dev->partition_node); > + ops->destroy(dev); > + goto out; > + } > + > + cd->fd = r; > + r = 0; Why return the fd in memory instead of returning the fd as the return value from the ioctl? > + if (copy_to_user(user_args, &tmp, sizeof(tmp))) { > + r = -EFAULT; > + goto out; > + } ... this could then disappear. _______________________________________________ Virtualization mailing list Virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/virtualization