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authorMikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com>2011-05-29 13:03:13 +0100
committerAlasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>2011-05-29 13:03:13 +0100
commitfa34ce73072f90ecd90dcc43f29d82e70e5f8676 (patch)
tree26f9c986da4433fa8ed00a1685e34709997474b2 /drivers/md/dm-kcopyd.c
parent5f43ba2950414dc0abf4ac44c397d88069056746 (diff)
downloadlinux-fa34ce73072f90ecd90dcc43f29d82e70e5f8676.tar.bz2
dm kcopyd: return client directly and not through a pointer
Return client directly from dm_kcopyd_client_create, not through a parameter, making it consistent with dm_io_client_create. Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/md/dm-kcopyd.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/md/dm-kcopyd.c9
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-kcopyd.c b/drivers/md/dm-kcopyd.c
index 579647f8b4d2..819e37eaaeba 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-kcopyd.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-kcopyd.c
@@ -637,14 +637,14 @@ int kcopyd_cancel(struct kcopyd_job *job, int block)
/*-----------------------------------------------------------------
* Client setup
*---------------------------------------------------------------*/
-int dm_kcopyd_client_create(struct dm_kcopyd_client **result)
+struct dm_kcopyd_client *dm_kcopyd_client_create(void)
{
int r = -ENOMEM;
struct dm_kcopyd_client *kc;
kc = kmalloc(sizeof(*kc), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!kc)
- return -ENOMEM;
+ return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
spin_lock_init(&kc->job_lock);
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&kc->complete_jobs);
@@ -676,8 +676,7 @@ int dm_kcopyd_client_create(struct dm_kcopyd_client **result)
init_waitqueue_head(&kc->destroyq);
atomic_set(&kc->nr_jobs, 0);
- *result = kc;
- return 0;
+ return kc;
bad_io_client:
client_free_pages(kc);
@@ -688,7 +687,7 @@ bad_workqueue:
bad_slab:
kfree(kc);
- return r;
+ return ERR_PTR(r);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(dm_kcopyd_client_create);