Re: [v3 PATCH] rhashtable: Fix rhashtable_try_insert test
From: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date: 2025-01-16 09:10:42
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From: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date: 2025-01-16 09:10:42
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On Wed, Jan 15, 2025 at 07:15:46AM -0800, Breno Leitao wrote:
Something like the following (not tested): diff --git a/lib/rhashtable.c b/lib/rhashtable.c index 3e555d012ed60..5a0ec71e990ee 100644 --- a/lib/rhashtable.c +++ b/lib/rhashtable.c @@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ static struct bucket_table *rhashtable_insert_one( return ERR_PTR(-EEXIST); if (PTR_ERR(data) != -EAGAIN && PTR_ERR(data) != -ENOENT) - return ERR_CAST(data); + return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
But data == NULL is not an error, it is a successful return value for rhltable. It's when a key already exists in the rhltable and we're simply appending the new object to it. Thus the insertion was successful but the hash table did not grow. Cheers, -- Email: Herbert Xu [off-list ref] Home Page: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/ PGP Key: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/pubkey.txt