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authorJames Smart <James.Smart@Emulex.Com>2008-08-07 20:49:30 -0400
committerJames Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com>2008-10-03 11:46:12 -0500
commit315cb0ad124575e75da2d0e0a95990587fc23485 (patch)
tree1efbc6b9b744163bb542ea3eec87bdb4786b598a /drivers/scsi/hosts.c
parent6f92a6a7ddba5ae7ca0f0255d46410465dcf2ba6 (diff)
[SCSI] scsi_host_lookup: error returns and NULL pointers
This patch cleans up the behavior of scsi_host_lookup(). The original implementation attempted to use the dual role of either returning a pointer value, or a negative error code. User's needed to use IS_ERR() to check the result. Additionally, the IS_ERR() macro never checks for when a NULL pointer was returned, so a NULL pointer actually passes with a success case. Note: scsi_host_get(), used by scsi_host_lookup(), can return a NULL pointer. Talk about a mudhole for the unitiated to step into.... This patch converts scsi_host_lookup() to return either NULL or a valid pointer. The consumers were updated for the change. Signed-off-by: James Smart <james.smart@emulex.com> Signed-off-by: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/scsi/hosts.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/scsi/hosts.c2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/hosts.c b/drivers/scsi/hosts.c
index fed0b02ebc1d..3fdbb13e80a8 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/hosts.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/hosts.c
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ static int __scsi_host_match(struct device *dev, void *data)
struct Scsi_Host *scsi_host_lookup(unsigned short hostnum)
{
struct device *cdev;
- struct Scsi_Host *shost = ERR_PTR(-ENXIO);
+ struct Scsi_Host *shost = NULL;
cdev = class_find_device(&shost_class, NULL, &hostnum,
__scsi_host_match);