[Ocfs2-devel] [PATCH 1/4 V2] ocfs2: use retval instead of status for checking error

[Richard Weinberger]

Am 28.02.2015 um 00:48 schrieb Daeseok Youn:
> The use of 'status' in __ocfs2_add_entry() can return wrong
> status when some functions are failed.
> 
> If ocfs2_journal_access_db() in __ocfs2_add_entry() is failed,
> that status is saved to 'status' but return variable is 'retval'
> which is saved 'success' status. In case of this,  __ocfs2_add_entry()
> is failed but can be returned as 'success'.
> 
> So replace 'status' with 'retval'.

As this patch is untested and the issue is theoretical I'm nervous.
But the final decision is up to ocfs2 maintainers.

Thanks,
//richard