From: Ye Bin <yebin10@xxxxxxxxxx>
commit d16ff19e69ab57e08bf908faaacbceaf660249de upstream.
Maybe __create_persistent_data_objects() caller will use PTR_ERR as a
pointer, it will lead to some strange things.
Signed-off-by: Ye Bin <yebin10@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/md/dm-cache-metadata.c | 8 ++++++--
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
--- a/drivers/md/dm-cache-metadata.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-cache-metadata.c
@@ -537,12 +537,16 @@ static int __create_persistent_data_obje
CACHE_MAX_CONCURRENT_LOCKS);
if (IS_ERR(cmd->bm)) {
DMERR("could not create block manager");
- return PTR_ERR(cmd->bm);
+ r = PTR_ERR(cmd->bm);
+ cmd->bm = NULL;
+ return r;
}
r = __open_or_format_metadata(cmd, may_format_device);
- if (r)
+ if (r) {
dm_block_manager_destroy(cmd->bm);
+ cmd->bm = NULL;
+ }
return r;
}
