Subject: Re: [net 04/11] net/mlx5e: CT: Use per flow counter when CT flow accounting is enabled

From: Saeed Mahameed <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 2021 20:18:36 -0800

On Thu, 2021-01-07 at 20:06 -0800, Saeed Mahameed wrote:
> On Thu, 2021-01-07 at 19:07 -0800, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> > On Thu,  7 Jan 2021 12:28:38 -0800 Saeed Mahameed wrote:
> > > +	int ret;
> > > +
> > > +	counter = kzalloc(sizeof(*counter), GFP_KERNEL);
> > > +	if (!counter)
> > > +		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
> > > +
> > > +	counter->is_shared = false;
> > > +	counter->counter = mlx5_fc_create(ct_priv->dev, true);
> > > +	if (IS_ERR(counter->counter)) {
> > > +		ct_dbg("Failed to create counter for ct entry");
> > > +		ret = PTR_ERR(counter->counter);
> > > +		kfree(counter);
> > > +		return ERR_PTR(ret);
> > 
> > The err ptr -> ret -> err ptr conversion seems entirely pointless,
> > no?
> Indeed, will address this in a net-next patch
> 

Actually no, because counter is being kfreed so we must return
ERR_PTR(ret).