linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH v2] ext4: fix wrong return err in ext4_load_and_init

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Date:   Sun,  6 Nov 2022 01:16:52 -0500
From:   "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
To:     jack@...e.cz, lczerner@...hat.com, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
        ritesh.list@...il.com, Jason Yan <yanaijie@...wei.com>,
        adilger.kernel@...ger.ca
Cc:     "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] ext4: fix wrong return err in ext4_load_and_init_journal()

On Tue, 25 Oct 2022 12:02:06 +0800, Jason Yan wrote:
> The return value is wrong in ext4_load_and_init_journal(). The local
> variable 'err' need to be initialized before goto out. The original code
> in __ext4_fill_super() is fine because it has two return values 'ret'
> and 'err' and 'ret' is initialized as -EINVAL. After we factor out
> ext4_load_and_init_journal(), this code is broken. So fix it by directly
> returning -EINVAL in the error handler path.
> 
> [...]

Applied, thanks!

[1/1] ext4: fix wrong return err in ext4_load_and_init_journal()
      commit: 9f2a1d9fb33a2129a9ba29bc61d3f14adb28ddc2

Best regards,
-- 
Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>