--v1------------------------------------ in this place,the right return should be return PTR_ERR(),not return -PTR_ERR() --v2------------------------------------ in this place, the function should return a negative value and the PTR_ERR already returns a negative,so return -PTR_ERR() is wrong. Signed-off-by: tangbin <tangbin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/tty/serial/mvebu-uart.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/mvebu-uart.c b/drivers/tty/serial/mvebu-uart.c index c12a12556..4e9a59071 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/serial/mvebu-uart.c +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/mvebu-uart.c @@ -851,7 +851,7 @@ static int mvebu_uart_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) port->membase = devm_ioremap_resource(&pdev->dev, reg); if (IS_ERR(port->membase)) - return -PTR_ERR(port->membase); + return PTR_ERR(port->membase); mvuart = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(struct mvebu_uart), GFP_KERNEL); -- 2.20.1.windows.1