devm_pinctrl_register returns an ERR_PTR in case of error and should have an IS_ERR check instead of a null check. The Coccinelle semantic patch used to make this change is as follows: @@ expression e; @@ e = devm_pinctrl_register(...); if( - !e + IS_ERR(e) ) { <+... return - ... + PTR_ERR(e) ; ...+> } Signed-off-by: Amitoj Kaur Chawla <amitoj1606@xxxxxxxxx> --- Changes in v2: -Correct typo drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/dpaux.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/dpaux.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/dpaux.c index 059f409..2fde44c 100644 --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/dpaux.c +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/dpaux.c @@ -539,9 +539,9 @@ static int tegra_dpaux_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) dpaux->desc.owner = THIS_MODULE; dpaux->pinctrl = devm_pinctrl_register(&pdev->dev, &dpaux->desc, dpaux); - if (!dpaux->pinctrl) { + if (IS_ERR(dpaux->pinctrl)) { dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to register pincontrol\n"); - return -ENODEV; + return PTR_ERR(dpaux->pinctrl); } #endif /* enable and clear all interrupts */ -- 1.9.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-tegra" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html