If proc_get_inode() returns NULL then presumably it encountered memory exhaustion. proc_lookup_de() should return -ENOMEM in this case, not -EINVAL.
Signed-off-by: yan <clouds....@gmail.com> --- fs/proc/generic.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/proc/generic.c b/fs/proc/generic.c index b3647fe..9e8f631 100644 --- a/fs/proc/generic.c +++ b/fs/proc/generic.c @@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ struct dentry *proc_lookup_de(struct proc_dir_entry *de, struct inode *dir, if (!memcmp(dentry->d_name.name, de->name, de->namelen)) { pde_get(de); spin_unlock(&proc_subdir_lock); - error = -EINVAL; + error = -ENOMEM; inode = proc_get_inode(dir->i_sb, de); goto out_unlock; } -- 1.7.9.5 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/