Re: [PATCH 2/3] ibmveth: Return correct error codes

From: David Miller
Date: Sat Feb 13 2016 - 05:58:53 EST


From: Amitoj Kaur Chawla <amitoj1606@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2016 19:25:19 +0530

> The return value of kmalloc and kcalloc on failure of allocation of
> memory should be -ENOMEM and not -1.
>
> Found using Coccinelle. A simplified version of the semantic patch
> used is:
...
> The two call sites only check that the return value is not 0,
> hence no change is required at the call sites.
>
> Signed-off-by: Amitoj Kaur Chawla <amitoj1606@xxxxxxxxx>

This does not apply cleanly and gives rejects.