debugfs_create_dir() function returns an error value(PTR_ERR). We need to evaluate the return value using IS_ERR, rather than checking for NULL. Fixes: d1313e7896e9 ("iommu/tegra-smmu: Add debugfs support") Signed-off-by: Minjie Du <duminjie@xxxxxxxx> --- V4 -> V5: debugfs needs to have error checking, so use IS_ERR() to error check. V3 -> V4: fix expression about patch. V2 -> V3: fix expression about patch. V1 -> V2: remove the error check. V1: use IS_ERR() to error check. --- drivers/iommu/tegra-smmu.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/iommu/tegra-smmu.c b/drivers/iommu/tegra-smmu.c index 1cbf063cc..841e14cce 100644 --- a/drivers/iommu/tegra-smmu.c +++ b/drivers/iommu/tegra-smmu.c @@ -1056,7 +1056,7 @@ DEFINE_SHOW_ATTRIBUTE(tegra_smmu_clients); static void tegra_smmu_debugfs_init(struct tegra_smmu *smmu) { smmu->debugfs = debugfs_create_dir("smmu", NULL); - if (!smmu->debugfs) + if (IS_ERR(smmu->debugfs)) return; debugfs_create_file("swgroups", S_IRUGO, smmu->debugfs, smmu, -- 2.39.0