From 68d740d79c4977a1a2197c6e68c618c8320c8ace Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Silva Paulo Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2012 15:39:58 -0700 Subject: blk: fix wrong idr_pre_get() error check in loop.c The idr_pre_get() function never returns a value < 0. It returns 0 (no memory) or 1 (OK). Reported-by: Silva Paulo [ Rewrote Silva's patch, but attributing it to Silva anyway - Linus ] Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- drivers/block/loop.c | 8 +++----- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c index bbca966f8f6..3bba65510d2 100644 --- a/drivers/block/loop.c +++ b/drivers/block/loop.c @@ -1597,14 +1597,12 @@ static int loop_add(struct loop_device **l, int i) struct gendisk *disk; int err; + err = -ENOMEM; lo = kzalloc(sizeof(*lo), GFP_KERNEL); - if (!lo) { - err = -ENOMEM; + if (!lo) goto out; - } - err = idr_pre_get(&loop_index_idr, GFP_KERNEL); - if (err < 0) + if (!idr_pre_get(&loop_index_idr, GFP_KERNEL)) goto out_free_dev; if (i >= 0) { -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2