4 files changed, 26 insertions, 33 deletions

diff --git a/fs/configfs/dir.c b/fs/configfs/dir.c
index 614e382a6049..179589be063a 100644
--- a/fs/configfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/configfs/dir.c
@@ -1027,9 +1027,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(configfs_undepend_item);
 
 static int configfs_mkdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode)
 {
-        int ret, module_got = 0;
-        struct config_group *group;
-        struct config_item *item;
+        int ret = 0;
+        int module_got = 0;
+        struct config_group *group = NULL;
+        struct config_item *item = NULL;
         struct config_item *parent_item;
         struct configfs_subsystem *subsys;
         struct configfs_dirent *sd;
@@ -1070,28 +1071,32 @@ static int configfs_mkdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode)
         snprintf(name, dentry->d_name.len + 1, "%s", dentry->d_name.name);
 
         mutex_lock(&subsys->su_mutex);
-        group = NULL;
-        item = NULL;
         if (type->ct_group_ops->make_group) {
                 group = type->ct_group_ops->make_group(to_config_group(parent_item), name);
-                if (group) {
+                if (!group)
+                        group = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+                if (!IS_ERR(group)) {
                         link_group(to_config_group(parent_item), group);
                         item = &group->cg_item;
-                }
+                } else
+                        ret = PTR_ERR(group);
         } else {
                 item = type->ct_group_ops->make_item(to_config_group(parent_item), name);
-                if (item)
+                if (!item)
+                        item = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+                if (!IS_ERR(item))
                         link_obj(parent_item, item);
+                else
+                        ret = PTR_ERR(item);
         }
         mutex_unlock(&subsys->su_mutex);
 
         kfree(name);
-        if (!item) {
+        if (ret) {
                 /*
                  * If item == NULL, then link_obj() was never called.
                  * There are no extra references to clean up.
                  */
-                ret = -ENOMEM;
                 goto out_put;
         }
 
diff --git a/fs/dlm/config.c b/fs/dlm/config.c
index eac23bd288b2..c4e7d721bd8d 100644
--- a/fs/dlm/config.c
+++ b/fs/dlm/config.c
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ static struct config_group *make_cluster(struct config_group *g,
         kfree(gps);
         kfree(sps);
         kfree(cms);
-        return NULL;
+        return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 }
 
 static void drop_cluster(struct config_group *g, struct config_item *i)
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ static struct config_group *make_space(struct config_group *g, const char *name)
         kfree(sp);
         kfree(gps);
         kfree(nds);
-        return NULL;
+        return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 }
 
 static void drop_space(struct config_group *g, struct config_item *i)
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ static struct config_item *make_comm(struct config_group *g, const char *name)
 
         cm = kzalloc(sizeof(struct comm), GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!cm)
-                return NULL;
+                return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
         config_item_init_type_name(&cm->item, name, &comm_type);
         cm->nodeid = -1;
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ static struct config_item *make_node(struct config_group *g, const char *name)
 
         nd = kzalloc(sizeof(struct node), GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!nd)
-                return NULL;
+                return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
         config_item_init_type_name(&nd->item, name, &node_type);
         nd->nodeid = -1;
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/heartbeat.c b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/heartbeat.c
index f02ccb34604d..7dce1612553e 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/heartbeat.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/heartbeat.c
@@ -1493,24 +1493,18 @@ static struct config_item *o2hb_heartbeat_group_make_item(struct config_group *g
                                                           const char *name)
 {
         struct o2hb_region *reg = NULL;
-        struct config_item *ret = NULL;
 
         reg = kzalloc(sizeof(struct o2hb_region), GFP_KERNEL);
         if (reg == NULL)
-                goto out; /* ENOMEM */
+                return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
         config_item_init_type_name(&reg->hr_item, name, &o2hb_region_type);
 
-        ret = &reg->hr_item;
-
         spin_lock(&o2hb_live_lock);
         list_add_tail(&reg->hr_all_item, &o2hb_all_regions);
         spin_unlock(&o2hb_live_lock);
-out:
-        if (ret == NULL)
-                kfree(reg);
 
-        return ret;
+        return &reg->hr_item;
 }
 
 static void o2hb_heartbeat_group_drop_item(struct config_group *group,
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/nodemanager.c b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/nodemanager.c
index cfdb08b484ed..816a3f61330c 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/nodemanager.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/nodemanager.c
@@ -648,26 +648,19 @@ static struct config_item *o2nm_node_group_make_item(struct config_group *group,
                                                      const char *name)
 {
         struct o2nm_node *node = NULL;
-        struct config_item *ret = NULL;
 
         if (strlen(name) > O2NM_MAX_NAME_LEN)
-                goto out; /* ENAMETOOLONG */
+                return ERR_PTR(-ENAMETOOLONG);
 
         node = kzalloc(sizeof(struct o2nm_node), GFP_KERNEL);
         if (node == NULL)
-                goto out; /* ENOMEM */
+                return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
         strcpy(node->nd_name, name); /* use item.ci_namebuf instead? */
         config_item_init_type_name(&node->nd_item, name, &o2nm_node_type);
         spin_lock_init(&node->nd_lock);
 
-        ret = &node->nd_item;
-
-out:
-        if (ret == NULL)
-                kfree(node);
-
-        return ret;
+        return &node->nd_item;
 }
 
 static void o2nm_node_group_drop_item(struct config_group *group,
@@ -762,7 +755,7 @@ static struct config_group *o2nm_cluster_group_make_group(struct config_group *g
         /* this runs under the parent dir's i_mutex; there can be only
          * one caller in here at a time */
         if (o2nm_single_cluster)
-                goto out; /* ENOSPC */
+                return ERR_PTR(-ENOSPC);
 
         cluster = kzalloc(sizeof(struct o2nm_cluster), GFP_KERNEL);
         ns = kzalloc(sizeof(struct o2nm_node_group), GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -795,6 +788,7 @@ out:
                 kfree(ns);
                 o2hb_free_hb_set(o2hb_group);
                 kfree(defs);
+                ret = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
         }
 
         return ret;