+ virtio-cleanup-alloc_dax-error-handling.patch added to mm-unstable branch

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The patch titled
     Subject: virtio: cleanup alloc_dax() error handling
has been added to the -mm mm-unstable branch.  Its filename is
     virtio-cleanup-alloc_dax-error-handling.patch

This patch will shortly appear at
     https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/virtio-cleanup-alloc_dax-error-handling.patch

This patch will later appear in the mm-unstable branch at
    git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm

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From: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: virtio: cleanup alloc_dax() error handling
Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2024 13:49:13 -0500

Now that alloc_dax() returns ERR_PTR(-EOPNOTSUPP) rather than NULL, the
callers do not have to handle NULL return values anymore.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240208184913.484340-13-mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alasdair Kergon <agk@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Russell King <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dave Chinner <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

 fs/fuse/virtio_fs.c |    4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/fs/fuse/virtio_fs.c~virtio-cleanup-alloc_dax-error-handling
+++ a/fs/fuse/virtio_fs.c
@@ -809,8 +809,8 @@ static int virtio_fs_setup_dax(struct vi
 		return 0;
 
 	dax_dev = alloc_dax(fs, &virtio_fs_dax_ops);
-	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(dax_dev)) {
-		int rc = IS_ERR(dax_dev) ? PTR_ERR(dax_dev) : -EOPNOTSUPP;
+	if (IS_ERR(dax_dev)) {
+		int rc = PTR_ERR(dax_dev);
 		return rc == -EOPNOTSUPP ? 0 : rc;
 	}
 
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxxxx are

nvdimm-pmem-fix-leak-on-dax_add_host-failure.patch
nvdimm-pmem-treat-alloc_dax-eopnotsupp-failure-as-non-fatal.patch
dm-treat-alloc_dax-eopnotsupp-failure-as-non-fatal.patch
dcssblk-handle-alloc_dax-eopnotsupp-failure.patch
virtio-treat-alloc_dax-eopnotsupp-failure-as-non-fatal.patch
dax-check-for-data-cache-aliasing-at-runtime.patch
introduce-cpu_dcache_is_aliasing-across-all-architectures.patch
dax-fix-incorrect-list-of-data-cache-aliasing-architectures.patch
nvdimm-pmem-cleanup-alloc_dax-error-handling.patch
dm-cleanup-alloc_dax-error-handling.patch
dcssblk-cleanup-alloc_dax-error-handling.patch
virtio-cleanup-alloc_dax-error-handling.patch





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