In case of error, the function devm_kasprintf() returns NULL pointer not ERR_PTR(). The IS_ERR() test in the return value check should be replaced with NULL test. Reported-by: Hulk Robot <hulkci@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Wei Yongjun <weiyongjun1@xxxxxxxxxx> --- v1 -> v2: remove fixes tag. --- drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-trbe.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-trbe.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-trbe.c index 5ce239875c98..176868496879 100644 --- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-trbe.c +++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-trbe.c @@ -871,7 +871,7 @@ static void arm_trbe_register_coresight_cpu(struct trbe_drvdata *drvdata, int cp dev = &cpudata->drvdata->pdev->dev; desc.name = devm_kasprintf(dev, GFP_KERNEL, "trbe%d", cpu); - if (IS_ERR(desc.name)) + if (!desc.name) goto cpu_clear; desc.type = CORESIGHT_DEV_TYPE_SINK;