A coccicheck run provided information like the following. ./drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_fs.c:3832:9-16: WARNING: ERR_CAST can be used with data Use ERR_CAST to fix this. Signed-off-by: YueHaibing <yuehaibing@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_fs.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_fs.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_fs.c index bf109191659a..61110ff52f49 100644 --- a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_fs.c +++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_fs.c @@ -3829,7 +3829,7 @@ static char *ffs_prepare_buffer(const char __user *buf, size_t len) data = memdup_user(buf, len); if (IS_ERR(data)) - return ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(data)); + return ERR_CAST(data); pr_vdebug("Buffer from user space:\n"); ffs_dump_mem("", data, len); -- 2.17.1