This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled dm cache: fix missing ERR_PTR returns and handling to the 3.18-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: dm-cache-fix-missing-err_ptr-returns-and-handling.patch and it can be found in the queue-3.18 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From 766a78882ddf79b162243649d7dfdbac1fb6fb88 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joe Thornber <ejt@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2015 12:07:46 +0000 Subject: dm cache: fix missing ERR_PTR returns and handling From: Joe Thornber <ejt@xxxxxxxxxx> commit 766a78882ddf79b162243649d7dfdbac1fb6fb88 upstream. Commit 9b1cc9f251 ("dm cache: share cache-metadata object across inactive and active DM tables") mistakenly ignored the use of ERR_PTR returns. Restore missing IS_ERR checks and ERR_PTR returns where appropriate. Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Joe Thornber <ejt@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/md/dm-cache-metadata.c | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/md/dm-cache-metadata.c +++ b/drivers/md/dm-cache-metadata.c @@ -683,7 +683,7 @@ static struct dm_cache_metadata *metadat cmd = kzalloc(sizeof(*cmd), GFP_KERNEL); if (!cmd) { DMERR("could not allocate metadata struct"); - return NULL; + return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM); } atomic_set(&cmd->ref_count, 1); @@ -745,7 +745,7 @@ static struct dm_cache_metadata *lookup_ return cmd; cmd = metadata_open(bdev, data_block_size, may_format_device, policy_hint_size); - if (cmd) { + if (!IS_ERR(cmd)) { mutex_lock(&table_lock); cmd2 = lookup(bdev); if (cmd2) { @@ -780,9 +780,10 @@ struct dm_cache_metadata *dm_cache_metad { struct dm_cache_metadata *cmd = lookup_or_open(bdev, data_block_size, may_format_device, policy_hint_size); - if (cmd && !same_params(cmd, data_block_size)) { + + if (!IS_ERR(cmd) && !same_params(cmd, data_block_size)) { dm_cache_metadata_close(cmd); - return NULL; + return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL); } return cmd; Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from ejt@xxxxxxxxxx are queue-3.18/dm-cache-fix-missing-err_ptr-returns-and-handling.patch queue-3.18/dm-thin-don-t-allow-messages-to-be-sent-to-a-pool-target-in-read_only-or-fail-mode.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html