If vchiq_debugfs_init() fails, then we accidentally return a valid pointer casted to int on error. This code is simpler if we get rid of the "ptr_err" variable and just use "err" throughout. Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_arm.c b/drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_arm.c index 030bec855d86..314ffac50bb8 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_arm.c +++ b/drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_arm.c @@ -3391,7 +3391,6 @@ static int vchiq_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) struct device_node *fw_node; struct rpi_firmware *fw; int err; - void *ptr_err; fw_node = of_parse_phandle(pdev->dev.of_node, "firmware", 0); if (!fw_node) { @@ -3427,14 +3426,14 @@ static int vchiq_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) /* create sysfs entries */ vchiq_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, DEVICE_NAME); - ptr_err = vchiq_class; - if (IS_ERR(ptr_err)) + err = PTR_ERR(vchiq_class); + if (IS_ERR(vchiq_class)) goto failed_class_create; vchiq_dev = device_create(vchiq_class, NULL, vchiq_devid, NULL, "vchiq"); - ptr_err = vchiq_dev; - if (IS_ERR(ptr_err)) + err = PTR_ERR(vchiq_dev); + if (IS_ERR(vchiq_dev)) goto failed_device_create; /* create debugfs entries */ @@ -3455,7 +3454,6 @@ static int vchiq_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) class_destroy(vchiq_class); failed_class_create: cdev_del(&vchiq_cdev); - err = PTR_ERR(ptr_err); failed_cdev_add: unregister_chrdev_region(vchiq_devid, 1); failed_platform_init: -- 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