[PATCH -next] ocxl: Fix return value check in afu_ioctl()

Wei Yongjun
2019-05-04T06:55:00Z

In case of error, the function eventfd_ctx_fdget() returns ERR_PTR() and
never returns NULL. The NULL test in the return value check should be
replaced with IS_ERR().

This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.

Fixes: 060146614643 ("ocxl: move event_fd handling to frontend")
Signed-off-by: Wei Yongjun <weiyongjun1@huawei.com>
---
drivers/misc/ocxl/file.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/misc/ocxl/file.c b/drivers/misc/ocxl/file.c
index 8aa22893ed76..2870c25da166 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/ocxl/file.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/ocxl/file.c
@@ -257,8 +257,8 @@ static long afu_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
return -EINVAL;
irq_id = ocxl_irq_offset_to_id(ctx, irq_fd.irq_offset);
ev_ctx = eventfd_ctx_fdget(irq_fd.eventfd);
- if (!ev_ctx)
- return -EFAULT;
+ if (IS_ERR(ev_ctx))
+ return PTR_ERR(ev_ctx);
rc = ocxl_irq_set_handler(ctx, irq_id, irq_handler, irq_free, ev_ctx);
break;