Re: [PATCH] nbd: fix return value in error handling path

[Omar Sandoval <osandov@osandov.com>]

On Mon, Feb 12, 2018 at 11:14:55AM -0600, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
> It seems that the proper value to return in this particular case is the
> one contained into variable new_index instead of ret.
> 
> Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1465148 ("Copy-paste error")
> Fixes: e46c7287b1c2 ("nbd: add a basic netlink interface")

Reviewed-by: Omar Sandoval <osandov@fb.com>

> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavo@embeddedor.com>
> ---
>  drivers/block/nbd.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/block/nbd.c b/drivers/block/nbd.c
> index 5f2a424..86258b0 100644
> --- a/drivers/block/nbd.c
> +++ b/drivers/block/nbd.c
> @@ -1591,7 +1591,7 @@ static int nbd_genl_connect(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
>  			if (new_index < 0) {
>  				mutex_unlock(&nbd_index_mutex);
>  				printk(KERN_ERR "nbd: failed to add new device\n");
> -				return ret;
> +				return new_index;
>  			}
>  			nbd = idr_find(&nbd_index_idr, new_index);
>  		}
> -- 
> 2.7.4
>