Re: [PATCH] switchtec: Fix an error handling

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



Nice catch. Thanks.

Reviewed-by: Logan Gunthorpe <logang@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Logan

On 10/04/17 10:32 PM, Christophe JAILLET wrote:
> 'stuser_create' returns an error pointer in case of error, not NULL.
> So test its return value with IS_ERR.
> 
> Fixes: 74004262f329 ("MicroSemi Switchtec management interface driver")
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/pci/switch/switchtec.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/pci/switch/switchtec.c b/drivers/pci/switch/switchtec.c
> index fcde98161d9a..cc6e085008fb 100644
> --- a/drivers/pci/switch/switchtec.c
> +++ b/drivers/pci/switch/switchtec.c
> @@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ static int switchtec_dev_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
>  	stdev = container_of(inode->i_cdev, struct switchtec_dev, cdev);
>  
>  	stuser = stuser_create(stdev);
> -	if (!stuser)
> +	if (IS_ERR(stuser))
>  		return PTR_ERR(stuser);
>  
>  	filp->private_data = stuser;
> 
--
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



[Index of Archives]     [Kernel Development]     [Kernel Announce]     [Kernel Newbies]     [Linux Networking Development]     [Share Photos]     [IDE]     [Security]     [Git]     [Netfilter]     [Yosemite News]     [MIPS Linux]     [ARM Linux]     [Device Mapper]

  Powered by Linux