From: Wei Yongjun <yongjun_wei@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> In case of error, the function device_create() returns ERR_PTR() and never returns NULL. The NULL test in the return value check should be replaced with IS_ERR(). Signed-off-by: Wei Yongjun <yongjun_wei@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/adf_ctl_drv.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/adf_ctl_drv.c b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/adf_ctl_drv.c index d97069b..6f7816e 100644 --- a/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/adf_ctl_drv.c +++ b/drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/adf_ctl_drv.c @@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ static int adf_chr_drv_create(void) drv_device = device_create(adt_ctl_drv.drv_class, NULL, MKDEV(adt_ctl_drv.major, 0), NULL, DEVICE_NAME); - if (!drv_device) { + if (IS_ERR(drv_device)) { pr_err("QAT: failed to create device\n"); goto err_cdev_del; } -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-crypto" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html