This patch makes configfs_new_dirent return negative error code instead of NULL,
which will be useful in the next patch to differentiate ENOMEM from ENOENT.

Signed-off-by: Louis Rilling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
 fs/configfs/dir.c |    9 +++++----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

Index: b/fs/configfs/dir.c
===================================================================
--- a/fs/configfs/dir.c 2008-06-12 13:45:14.000000000 +0200
+++ b/fs/configfs/dir.c 2008-06-12 15:18:28.000000000 +0200
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include <linux/mount.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/err.h>
 
 #include <linux/configfs.h>
 #include "configfs_internal.h"
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ static struct configfs_dirent *configfs_
 
        sd = kmem_cache_zalloc(configfs_dir_cachep, GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!sd)
-               return NULL;
+               return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
        atomic_set(&sd->s_count, 1);
        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sd->s_links);
@@ -125,8 +126,8 @@ int configfs_make_dirent(struct configfs
        struct configfs_dirent * sd;
 
        sd = configfs_new_dirent(parent_sd, element);
-       if (!sd)
-               return -ENOMEM;
+       if (IS_ERR(sd))
+               return PTR_ERR(sd);
 
        sd->s_mode = mode;
        sd->s_type = type;
@@ -1273,7 +1274,7 @@ static int configfs_dir_open(struct inod
        file->private_data = configfs_new_dirent(parent_sd, NULL);
        mutex_unlock(&dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
 
-       return file->private_data ? 0 : -ENOMEM;
+       return IS_ERR(file->private_data) ? PTR_ERR(file->private_data) : 0;
 
 }
 

-- 
Dr Louis Rilling                        Kerlabs
Skype: louis.rilling                    Batiment Germanium
Phone: (+33|0) 6 80 89 08 23            80 avenue des Buttes de Coesmes
http://www.kerlabs.com/                 35700 Rennes


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