Re: [PATCH -next] mtd: docg3: Fix passing zero to 'PTR_ERR' warning in doc_probe_device

[Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik@free.fr>]

Boris Brezillon <bbrezillon@kernel.org> writes:

> On Wed, 23 Jan 2019 17:43:58 +0800
> YueHaibing <yuehaibing@huawei.com> wrote:
>
>> On 2019/1/23 17:12, Boris Brezillon wrote:
>> > On Wed, 23 Jan 2019 14:58:27 +0800
>> > YueHaibing <yuehaibing@huawei.com> wrote:
>> >   
>> >> Fix a static code checker warning:
>> >> drivers/mtd/devices/docg3.c:1875
>> >>  doc_probe_device() warn: passing zero to 'ERR_PTR'
>> >>
>> >> Fixes: ae9d4934b2d7 ("mtd: docg3: add multiple floor support")
>> >> Signed-off-by: YueHaibing <yuehaibing@huawei.com>
>> >> ---
>> >>  drivers/mtd/devices/docg3.c | 2 +-
>> >>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>> >>
>> >> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/devices/docg3.c b/drivers/mtd/devices/docg3.c
>> >> index 4c94fc0..60ddc38 100644
>> >> --- a/drivers/mtd/devices/docg3.c
>> >> +++ b/drivers/mtd/devices/docg3.c
>> >> @@ -1872,7 +1872,7 @@ doc_probe_device(struct docg3_cascade *cascade, int floor, struct device *dev)
>> >>  nomem2:
>> >>  	kfree(docg3);
>> >>  nomem1:
>> >> -	return ERR_PTR(ret);
>> >> +	return ret ? ERR_PTR(ret) : NULL;
>> >>  }
>> >>    
>> > 
>> > This is not the right fix, you should instead set ret to -EINVAL:  
>> 
>> Thanks , will fix it in v2.
>> 
>> And seems doc_probe_device cannot return NULL. The NULL check of doc_probe_device
>> in docg3_probe also can been removed, right?
>
> Hm, looks like the ret = 0 was intentional (to identify when ID is
> invalid). Let's just keep your initial patch.
Indeed, that's for the multiple floor configuration if I remember correctly.

Acked-by: Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik@free.fr>

Cheers.

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Robert