The idr_pre_get() function never returns a value < 0. It returns 0 (no
memory) or 1 (OK).
Reported-by: Silva Paulo <psdasilva@yahoo.com>
[ Rewrote Silva's patch, but attributing it to Silva anyway - Linus ]
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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) {