kthread_affine_preferred() incorrectly returns 0 instead of -ENOMEM
when kzalloc() fails. Return 'ret' to ensure the correct error code is
propagated.
Fixes: 4d13f4304fa4 ("kthread: Implement preferred affinity")
Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202501301528.t0cZVbnq-lkp@intel.com/
Signed-off-by: Yu-Chun Lin <eleanor15x@gmail.com>
---
kernel/kthread.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/kthread.c b/kernel/kthread.c
index 4005b13ebd7f..5dc5b0d7238e 100644
--- a/kernel/kthread.c
+++ b/kernel/kthread.c
@@ -859,7 +859,7 @@ int kthread_affine_preferred(struct task_struct *p, const struct cpumask *mask)
struct kthread *kthread = to_kthread(p);
cpumask_var_t affinity;
unsigned long flags;
- int ret;
+ int ret = 0;
if (!wait_task_inactive(p, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE) || kthread->started) {
WARN_ON(1);
@@ -892,7 +892,7 @@ int kthread_affine_preferred(struct task_struct *p, const struct cpumask *mask)
out:
free_cpumask_var(affinity);
- return 0;
+ return ret;
}
/*
--
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