On Sun, 19 Aug 2018 10:16:41 +0800 Jiecheng Wu <jasonwood2031@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Function hmc5843_i2c_probe() defined in > drivers/iio/magnetometer/hmc5843_i2c.c calls devm_regmap_init_i2c() > to initialise managed register map. As the return value of > devm_regmap_init_i2c() will be an ERR_PTR() on error, the return > value must be checked against NULL. This text isn't accurate. Checking IS_ERR is definitely not checking against NULL. + the issue with missing signoff etc that has already been raised. Jonathan > --- > drivers/iio/magnetometer/hmc5843_i2c.c | 10 ++++++++-- > 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/iio/magnetometer/hmc5843_i2c.c b/drivers/iio/magnetometer/hmc5843_i2c.c > index 3de7f44..4911cf8 100644 > --- a/drivers/iio/magnetometer/hmc5843_i2c.c > +++ b/drivers/iio/magnetometer/hmc5843_i2c.c > @@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ > #include <linux/regmap.h> > #include <linux/iio/iio.h> > #include <linux/iio/triggered_buffer.h> > +#include <linux/device.h> > > #include "hmc5843.h" > > @@ -58,8 +59,13 @@ static const struct regmap_config hmc5843_i2c_regmap_config = { > static int hmc5843_i2c_probe(struct i2c_client *cli, > const struct i2c_device_id *id) > { > - return hmc5843_common_probe(&cli->dev, > - devm_regmap_init_i2c(cli, &hmc5843_i2c_regmap_config), > + struct regmap *regmap; > + regmap = devm_regmap_init_i2c(cli, &hmc5843_i2c_regmap_config); > + if (IS_ERR(regmap)) { > + dev_err(&cli->dev, "Failed to initialize i2c regmap\n"); > + return PTR_ERR(regmap); > + } > + return hmc5843_common_probe(&cli->dev, regmap, > id->driver_data, id->name); > } >