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Subject[PATCH] devm_memremap: Fix error value when memremap failed
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devm_memremap() returns an ERR_PTR() value in case of error.
However, it returns NULL when memremap() failed. This causes
the caller, such as the pmem driver, to proceed and oops later.

Change devm_memremap() to return ERR_PTR(-ENXIO) when memremap()
failed.

Signed-off-by: Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@hpe.com>
Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---
kernel/memremap.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/memremap.c b/kernel/memremap.c
index 70ee377..3427cca 100644
--- a/kernel/memremap.c
+++ b/kernel/memremap.c
@@ -136,8 +136,10 @@ void *devm_memremap(struct device *dev, resource_size_t offset,
if (addr) {
*ptr = addr;
devres_add(dev, ptr);
- } else
+ } else {
devres_free(ptr);
+ return ERR_PTR(-ENXIO);
+ }

return addr;
}
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