FAILED: Patch "xfs: check return value of xchk_scrub_create_subord" failed to apply to 6.12-stable tree

FAILED: Patch "xfs: check return value of xchk_scrub_create_subord" failed to apply to 6.12-stable tree

[Sasha Levin]

The patch below does not apply to the 6.12-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.

Thanks,
Sasha

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From ca27313fb3f23e4ac18532ede4ec1c7cc5814c4a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@kernel.org>
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2026 09:27:38 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] xfs: check return value of xchk_scrub_create_subord

Fix this function to return NULL instead of a mangled ENOMEM, then fix
the callers to actually check for a null pointer and return ENOMEM.
Most of the corrections here are for code merged between 6.2 and 6.10.

Cc: r772577952@gmail.com
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # v6.12
Fixes: 1a5f6e08d4e379 ("xfs: create subordinate scrub contexts for xchk_metadata_inode_subtype")
Signed-off-by: "Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Tested-by: Jiaming Zhang <r772577952@gmail.com>
---
 fs/xfs/scrub/common.c | 3 +++
 fs/xfs/scrub/repair.c | 3 +++
 fs/xfs/scrub/scrub.c  | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/xfs/scrub/common.c b/fs/xfs/scrub/common.c
index affed35a8c96f..20e63069088b3 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/scrub/common.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/scrub/common.c
@@ -1399,6 +1399,9 @@ xchk_metadata_inode_subtype(
 	int			error;
 
 	sub = xchk_scrub_create_subord(sc, scrub_type);
+	if (!sub)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	error = sub->sc.ops->scrub(&sub->sc);
 	xchk_scrub_free_subord(sub);
 	return error;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/scrub/repair.c b/fs/xfs/scrub/repair.c
index 3ebe27524ce39..ac8c592579bd5 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/scrub/repair.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/scrub/repair.c
@@ -1136,6 +1136,9 @@ xrep_metadata_inode_subtype(
 	 * setup/teardown routines.
 	 */
 	sub = xchk_scrub_create_subord(sc, scrub_type);
+	if (!sub)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	error = sub->sc.ops->scrub(&sub->sc);
 	if (error)
 		goto out;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/scrub/scrub.c b/fs/xfs/scrub/scrub.c
index 670ac2baae0c7..c1c6415f50550 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/scrub/scrub.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/scrub/scrub.c
@@ -634,7 +634,7 @@ xchk_scrub_create_subord(
 
 	sub = kzalloc(sizeof(*sub), XCHK_GFP_FLAGS);
 	if (!sub)
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+		return NULL;
 
 	sub->old_smtype = sc->sm->sm_type;
 	sub->old_smflags = sc->sm->sm_flags;
-- 
2.51.0