The patch titled init: return proper error code in do_mounts_rd() has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is init-return-proper-error-code-in-do_mounts_rd.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: init: return proper error code in do_mounts_rd() From: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@xxxxxxx> In do_mounts_rd() if memory cannot be allocated, return -ENOMEM. Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- init/do_mounts_rd.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN init/do_mounts_rd.c~init-return-proper-error-code-in-do_mounts_rd init/do_mounts_rd.c --- a/init/do_mounts_rd.c~init-return-proper-error-code-in-do_mounts_rd +++ a/init/do_mounts_rd.c @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ identify_ramdisk_image(int fd, int start buf = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL); if (!buf) - return -1; + return -ENOMEM; minixsb = (struct minix_super_block *) buf; ext2sb = (struct ext2_super_block *) buf; _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from dave@xxxxxxx are linux-next.patch init-return-proper-error-code-in-do_mounts_rd.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html