The ptp_clock_register() returns ERR_PTR() and never returns NULL. Replace the NULL check by a call to IS_ERR(). Signed-off-by: Cyril Roelandt <tipecaml@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ptp.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ptp.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ptp.c index 0767043f..9bcc38c 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ptp.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ptp.c @@ -930,7 +930,7 @@ static int efx_ptp_probe_channel(struct efx_channel *channel) ptp->phc_clock = ptp_clock_register(&ptp->phc_clock_info, &efx->pci_dev->dev); - if (!ptp->phc_clock) + if (IS_ERR(ptp->phc_clock)) goto fail3; INIT_WORK(&ptp->pps_work, efx_ptp_pps_worker); -- 1.7.10.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html