Hi Russell > > + platform = platform_device_register_full(&pdevinfo); > > + if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(platform)) > > + return PTR_ERR(platform); > > This is wrong. If platform is NULL, PTR_ERR() will return zero, which > will be interpreted as success. Please, avoid using IS_ERR_OR_NULL(), > it leads to exactly this kind of cockup - and it's unnecessary here > because platform_device_register_full() does not return NULL. Thank you for your feedback. Before sending v4 patch, I would like to confirm. Do you meand this ? # use IS_ERR() instead of IS_ERR_OR_NULL() platform = platform_device_register_full(&pdevinfo); if (IS_ERR(platform)) return PTR_ERR(platform);