Re: [PATCH v5 2/2] btrfs: get device pointer from btrfs_scan_one_device

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On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 01:08:34AM +0000, Gu, Jinxiang wrote:
> > > -	device = device_list_add(path, disk_super, &new_device_added);
> > > -	if (IS_ERR(device)) {
> > > -		ret = PTR_ERR(device);
> > > -	} else {
> > > -		*fs_devices_ret = device->fs_devices;
> > > -		if (new_device_added)
> > > -			btrfs_free_stale_devices(path, device);
> > > -	}
> > > +	ret = device_list_add(path, disk_super, &new_device_added);
> > > +	if (new_device_added)
> > > +		btrfs_free_stale_devices(path, ret);
> > 
> > Why is this skipping the error handling? I've resolved the conflict in a
> > different way in misc-next, have you had a look there?
> 
> Since when new_device_added set to be true, the return value of device_list_add
> must not a error value.

Yeah, but this is not obvious from the context and looks like "
device_list_add fails but we'll do something anyway", so I'm for keeping
the check.

> So, I think no necessary to add the judge.
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