From 54fcd2f95f8d216183965a370ec69e1aab14f5da Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Carlos Maiolino <cem@kernel.org>
Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2026 19:54:27 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] xfs: fix returned valued from xfs_defer_can_append

xfs_defer_can_append returns a bool, it shouldn't be returning
a NULL.

Found by code inspection.

Fixes: 4dffb2cbb483 ("xfs: allow pausing of pending deferred work items")
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # v6.8
Signed-off-by: Carlos Maiolino <cmaiolino@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Souptick Joarder <souptick.joarder@hpe.com>
Signed-off-by: Carlos Maiolino <cem@kernel.org>
---
 fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_defer.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_defer.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_defer.c
index 472c261163ed..c6909716b041 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_defer.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_defer.c
@@ -809,7 +809,7 @@ xfs_defer_can_append(
 
 	/* Paused items cannot absorb more work */
 	if (dfp->dfp_flags & XFS_DEFER_PAUSED)
-		return NULL;
+		return false;
 
 	/* Already full? */
 	if (ops->max_items && dfp->dfp_count >= ops->max_items)