From 39b652527457452f09b35044fb4f8b3b0eabafdf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Anatol Pomozov Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2012 20:11:55 -0700 Subject: fs: Preserve error code in get_empty_filp(), part 2 Allocating a file structure in function get_empty_filp() might fail because of several reasons: - not enough memory for file structures - operation is not allowed - user is over its limit Currently the function returns NULL in all cases and we loose the exact reason of the error. All callers of get_empty_filp() assume that the function can fail with ENFILE only. Return error through pointer. Change all callers to preserve this error code. [AV: cleaned up a bit, carved the get_empty_filp() part out into a separate commit (things remaining here deal with alloc_file()), removed pipe(2) behaviour change] Signed-off-by: Anatol Pomozov Reviewed-by: "Theodore Ts'o" Signed-off-by: Al Viro --- fs/anon_inodes.c | 8 +++----- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'fs/anon_inodes.c') diff --git a/fs/anon_inodes.c b/fs/anon_inodes.c index 28d39fb84ae3..a14eb0c1cd8c 100644 --- a/fs/anon_inodes.c +++ b/fs/anon_inodes.c @@ -131,7 +131,6 @@ struct file *anon_inode_getfile(const char *name, struct qstr this; struct path path; struct file *file; - int error; if (IS_ERR(anon_inode_inode)) return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV); @@ -143,7 +142,7 @@ struct file *anon_inode_getfile(const char *name, * Link the inode to a directory entry by creating a unique name * using the inode sequence number. */ - error = -ENOMEM; + file = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM); this.name = name; this.len = strlen(name); this.hash = 0; @@ -160,9 +159,8 @@ struct file *anon_inode_getfile(const char *name, d_instantiate(path.dentry, anon_inode_inode); - error = -ENFILE; file = alloc_file(&path, OPEN_FMODE(flags), fops); - if (!file) + if (IS_ERR(file)) goto err_dput; file->f_mapping = anon_inode_inode->i_mapping; @@ -177,7 +175,7 @@ err_dput: path_put(&path); err_module: module_put(fops->owner); - return ERR_PTR(error); + return file; } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(anon_inode_getfile); -- cgit v1.2.1