[PATCH] PM / devfreq: Fix static checker warning in try_then_request_governor

Enric Balletbo i Serra
2018-10-16T10:02:19Z

The patch 23c7b54ca1cd: "PM / devfreq: Fix devfreq_add_device() when
drivers are built as modules." leads to the following static checker
warning:

drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c:1043 governor_store()
warn: 'governor' can also be NULL

The reason is that the try_then_request_governor() function returns both
error pointers and NULL. It should just return error pointers, so fix
this by returning a ERR_PTR to the error intead of returning NULL.

Fixes: 23c7b54ca1cd ("PM / devfreq: Fix devfreq_add_device() when drivers are built as modules.")
Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Enric Balletbo i Serra <enric.balletbo@collabora.com>
---

drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
index 62ead442a872..b10124c7308f 100644
--- a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
+++ b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ static struct devfreq_governor *find_devfreq_governor(const char *name)
* if is not found. This can happen when both drivers (the governor driver
* and the driver that call devfreq_add_device) are built as modules.
* devfreq_list_lock should be held by the caller. Returns the matched
- * governor's pointer.
+ * governor's pointer or an error pointer.
*/
static struct devfreq_governor *try_then_request_governor(const char *name)
{
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ static struct devfreq_governor *try_then_request_governor(const char *name)
/* Restore previous state before return */
mutex_lock(&devfreq_list_lock);
if (err)
- return NULL;
+ return ERR_PTR(err);

governor = find_devfreq_governor(name);
}
--
2.19.1