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From: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com>
To: Richard Purdie <rpurdie@rpsys.net>
Cc: "Bruno Prémont" <bonbons@linux-vserver.org>,
	"Matthew Garrett" <mjg@redhat.com>,
	"Thierry Reding" <thierry.reding@avionic-design.de>,
	"Emese Revfy" <re.emese@gmail.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [patch] backlight: backlight_device_register() return ERR_PTR()
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:18:43 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100320111843.GS5331@bicker> (raw)

backlight_device_register() returns a valid pointer or ERR_PTR() 
never NULL.

Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com>

diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/adx_bl.c b/drivers/video/backlight/adx_bl.c
index b0624b9..c02b851 100644
--- a/drivers/video/backlight/adx_bl.c
+++ b/drivers/video/backlight/adx_bl.c
@@ -106,8 +106,8 @@ static int __devinit adx_backlight_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	props.max_brightness = 0xff;
 	bldev = backlight_device_register(dev_name(&pdev->dev), &pdev->dev,
 					  bl, &adx_backlight_ops, &props);
-	if (!bldev) {
-		ret = -ENOMEM;
+	if (IS_ERR(bldev)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(bldev);
 		goto out;
 	}
 

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From: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com>
To: Richard Purdie <rpurdie@rpsys.net>
Cc: "Bruno Prémont" <bonbons@linux-vserver.org>,
	"Matthew Garrett" <mjg@redhat.com>,
	"Thierry Reding" <thierry.reding@avionic-design.de>,
	"Emese Revfy" <re.emese@gmail.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [patch] backlight: backlight_device_register() return ERR_PTR()
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:18:43 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100320111843.GS5331@bicker> (raw)

backlight_device_register() returns a valid pointer or ERR_PTR() 
never NULL.

Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com>

diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/adx_bl.c b/drivers/video/backlight/adx_bl.c
index b0624b9..c02b851 100644
--- a/drivers/video/backlight/adx_bl.c
+++ b/drivers/video/backlight/adx_bl.c
@@ -106,8 +106,8 @@ static int __devinit adx_backlight_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	props.max_brightness = 0xff;
 	bldev = backlight_device_register(dev_name(&pdev->dev), &pdev->dev,
 					  bl, &adx_backlight_ops, &props);
-	if (!bldev) {
-		ret = -ENOMEM;
+	if (IS_ERR(bldev)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(bldev);
 		goto out;
 	}
 

             reply	other threads:[~2010-03-20 11:18 UTC|newest]

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2010-03-20 11:18 Dan Carpenter [this message]
2010-03-20 11:18 ` [patch] backlight: backlight_device_register() return ERR_PTR() Dan Carpenter

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