On Thu, 2021-01-07 at 20:06 -0800, Saeed Mahameed wrote:
> On Thu, 2021-01-07 at 19:07 -0800, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> > On Thu, 7 Jan 2021 12:28:38 -0800 Saeed Mahameed wrote:
> > > + int ret;
> > > +
> > > + counter = kzalloc(sizeof(*counter), GFP_KERNEL);
> > > + if (!counter)
> > > + return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
> > > +
> > > + counter->is_shared = false;
> > > + counter->counter = mlx5_fc_create(ct_priv->dev, true);
> > > + if (IS_ERR(counter->counter)) {
> > > + ct_dbg("Failed to create counter for ct entry");
> > > + ret = PTR_ERR(counter->counter);
> > > + kfree(counter);
> > > + return ERR_PTR(ret);
> >
> > The err ptr -> ret -> err ptr conversion seems entirely pointless,
> > no?
> Indeed, will address this in a net-next patch
>
Actually no, because counter is being kfreed so we must return
ERR_PTR(ret).
