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SubjectRe: [PATCH] add_partition silently ignored errors
On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 09:07:42 +0100,
Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Oct 29 2007, Dirk Hohndel wrote:
> > diff --git a/block/ioctl.c b/block/ioctl.c
> > index 52d6385..bb3933e 100644
> > --- a/block/ioctl.c
> > +++ b/block/ioctl.c
> > @@ -61,7 +61,10 @@ static int blkpg_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, struct blkpg_ioctl_arg __user
> > }
> > }
> > /* all seems OK */
> > - add_partition(disk, part, start, length, ADDPART_FLAG_NONE);
> > + if (add_partition(disk, part, start, length, ADDPART_FLAG_NONE)) {
> > + mutex_unlock(&bdev->bd_mutex);
> > + return -EBUSY;
> > + }
> > mutex_unlock(&bdev->bd_mutex);
> > return 0;
> > case BLKPG_DEL_PARTITION:
> > diff --git a/fs/partitions/check.c b/fs/partitions/check.c
> > index 722e12e..cd92471 100644
> > --- a/fs/partitions/check.c
> > +++ b/fs/partitions/check.c
> > @@ -368,13 +368,13 @@ void delete_partition(struct gendisk *disk, int part)
> > kobject_put(&p->kobj);
> > }
> >
> > -void add_partition(struct gendisk *disk, int part, sector_t start, sector_t len, int flags)
> > +int add_partition(struct gendisk *disk, int part, sector_t start, sector_t len, int flags)
> > {
> > struct hd_struct *p;
> >
> > p = kzalloc(sizeof(*p), GFP_KERNEL);
> > if (!p)
> > - return;
> > + return -1;
>
> Why not return the 'correct' error codes, instead of always -1 and
> making that -EBUSY at the caller? This one should be -ENOMEM.

Oops, you're right. I agree.

>
> IIRC, Al recently vetoed a similar patch. As far as I'm concerned, with
> the correct return values, the patch then looks fine to me.

We need some kind of check concerning the kobject to avoid mysterious
errors (especially checking for the failed kobject_add() is needed).
Whether we want just to inform the user of the failure instead of
failing the function is another question.
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