# \[PATCH v3 21/21\] dma-mapping: Disallow .map\_sg operations from returning zero on error

- From: Logan Gunthorpe \<logang@deltatee.com\>
- Date: 2021-07-29 20:16:08 
- List: linuxppc-dev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linuxppc-dev/2021/07/1462533
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-alpha/2021/07/1462534/t.md

```text
Now that all the .map_sg operations have been converted to returning
proper error codes, drop the code to handle a zero return value,
add a warning if a zero is returned.

Signed-off-by: Logan Gunthorpe <logang@deltatee.com>
---
 kernel/dma/mapping.c | 8 +++-----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/dma/mapping.c b/kernel/dma/mapping.c
index 9f0bb56eb9aa..cbcbdc877458 100644
--- a/kernel/dma/mapping.c
+++ b/kernel/dma/mapping.c
@@ -196,8 +196,8 @@ static int __dma_map_sg_attrs(struct device *dev, struct scatterlist *sg,
 
 	if (ents > 0)
 		debug_dma_map_sg(dev, sg, nents, ents, dir);
-	else if (WARN_ON_ONCE(ents != -EINVAL && ents != -ENOMEM &&
-			      ents != -EIO && ents != 0))
+	else if (WARN_ON_ONCE((ents != -EINVAL && ents != -ENOMEM &&
+			       ents != -EIO) || ents == 0))
 		return -EIO;
 
 	return ents;
@@ -262,9 +262,7 @@ int dma_map_sgtable(struct device *dev, struct sg_table *sgt,
 	int nents;
 
 	nents = __dma_map_sg_attrs(dev, sgt->sgl, sgt->orig_nents, dir, attrs);
-	if (nents == 0)
-		return -EIO;
-	else if (nents < 0)
+	if (nents < 0)
 		return nents;
 
 	sgt->nents = nents;
-- 
2.20.1

```
