The return value of vmalloc on failure of allocation of memory should be -ENOMEM and not -1.
Found using Coccinelle. A simplified version of the semantic patch used is: //<smpl> @@ expression *e; identifier l1; position p,q; @@ e@q = vmalloc(...); if@p (e == NULL) { ... goto l1; } l1: ... return -1 + -ENOMEM ; //</smpl The single call site of the containing function checks whether the returned value is -1, so this check is changed as well. The single call site of this call site, however, only checks whether the value is not 0, so no further change was required. Signed-off-by: Amitoj Kaur Chawla <amitoj1...@gmail.com> --- drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_main.c | 2 +- drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_droq.c | 2 +- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_main.c index f683d97..0bf03b1 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_main.c @@ -1685,7 +1685,7 @@ static int octeon_setup_droq(struct octeon_device *oct, int q_no, int num_descs, dev_dbg(&oct->pci_dev->dev, "Creating Droq: %d\n", q_no); /* droq creation and local register settings. */ ret_val = octeon_create_droq(oct, q_no, num_descs, desc_size, app_ctx); - if (ret_val == -1) + if (ret_val < 0) return ret_val; if (ret_val == 1) { diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_droq.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_droq.c index 4dba86e..174072b 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_droq.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_droq.c @@ -983,5 +983,5 @@ int octeon_create_droq(struct octeon_device *oct, create_droq_fail: octeon_delete_droq(oct, q_no); - return -1; + return -ENOMEM; } -- 1.9.1