From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from userp1040.oracle.com ([156.151.31.81]:19027 "EHLO userp1040.oracle.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751992AbdDLIfv (ORCPT ); Wed, 12 Apr 2017 04:35:51 -0400 Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2017 11:35:25 +0300 From: Dan Carpenter To: Kurt Schwemmer , Logan Gunthorpe Cc: Stephen Bates , Bjorn Helgaas , linux-pci@vger.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH] switchtec: checking for NULL instead of IS_ERR() Message-ID: <20170412083525.GF3250@mwanda> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-pci-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: stuser_create() uses error pointers, it never returns NULL. Fixes: 74004262f329 ("MicroSemi Switchtec management interface driver") Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter diff --git a/drivers/pci/switch/switchtec.c b/drivers/pci/switch/switchtec.c index fcde98161d9a..cc6e085008fb 100644 --- a/drivers/pci/switch/switchtec.c +++ b/drivers/pci/switch/switchtec.c @@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ static int switchtec_dev_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp) stdev = container_of(inode->i_cdev, struct switchtec_dev, cdev); stuser = stuser_create(stdev); - if (!stuser) + if (IS_ERR(stuser)) return PTR_ERR(stuser); filp->private_data = stuser;