Instead of directly casting and returning (void *) pointer, use ERR_CAST to explicitly return an error-valued pointer. This makes the error handling more explicit and improves code clarity. Signed-off-by: Chen Yufan <chenyufan@xxxxxxxx> --- drivers/crypto/caam/caamalg_qi.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/crypto/caam/caamalg_qi.c b/drivers/crypto/caam/caamalg_qi.c index 743ce50c14f2..13347dfecf7a 100644 --- a/drivers/crypto/caam/caamalg_qi.c +++ b/drivers/crypto/caam/caamalg_qi.c @@ -961,7 +961,7 @@ static struct aead_edesc *aead_edesc_alloc(struct aead_request *req, drv_ctx = get_drv_ctx(ctx, encrypt ? ENCRYPT : DECRYPT); if (IS_ERR(drv_ctx)) - return (struct aead_edesc *)drv_ctx; + return ERR_CAST(drv_ctx); /* allocate space for base edesc and hw desc commands, link tables */ edesc = qi_cache_alloc(flags); @@ -1271,7 +1271,7 @@ static struct skcipher_edesc *skcipher_edesc_alloc(struct skcipher_request *req, drv_ctx = get_drv_ctx(ctx, encrypt ? ENCRYPT : DECRYPT); if (IS_ERR(drv_ctx)) - return (struct skcipher_edesc *)drv_ctx; + return ERR_CAST(drv_ctx); src_nents = sg_nents_for_len(req->src, req->cryptlen); if (unlikely(src_nents < 0)) { -- 2.39.0