debugfs APIs will return two different error values depending on the situation: -> if debugfs isn't enabled in the kernel: it will return -ENODEV -> if debugfs is enabled in the kernel: it will return NULL This means that blindly using IS_ERR() isn't enough and, in fact, will not work on a real error condition. While we could be checking for a NULL pointer only because we only compile and link debugfs.o when CONFIG_DEBUG_FS is enabled, we decided to play it safe should any of the debugfs rules change over time. Signed-off-by: Felipe Balbi <balbi@xxxxxx> --- this falls into the "has never worked before" case and will be sent to mainline on v3.4 merge window. The failure is very marginal anyway. There are a bunch of other files in the kernel which need a similar fix: arch/arm/mach arch/arm/plat arch/avr32/kernel/ocd.c arch/mips/jz4740/clock arch/s390/hypfs/hypfs_dbfs.c drivers/block/pktcdvd.c drivers/hwmon/asus_atk0110.c drivers/misc/ti drivers/mmc/core/debugfs.c drivers/mmc/host/s3cmci.c drivers/mtd/mtdswap.c drivers/net/caif/caif_serial.c drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/skge.c drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/sky2.c drivers/net/wireless/b43/debugfs.c drivers/net/wireless/b43legacy/debugfs.c drivers/net/wireless/rt2x00/rt2x00debug.c drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/debugfs.c drivers/pinctrl/core.c drivers/regulator/core.c drivers/s390/block/dasd.c drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000 drivers/staging/slicoss/slicoss.c drivers/usb/gadget/atmel_usba_udc.c drivers/usb/gadget/pxa27x_udc.c drivers/usb/gadget/s3c2410_udc.c drivers/usb/mon/mon_text.c drivers/usb/musb/musb_debugfs.c drivers/video/omap2/dss/core.c net/caif/caif_socket.c net/l2tp/l2tp_debugfs.c sound/soc/soc Anyone interested, please take a pick ;-) drivers/usb/dwc3/debugfs.c | 20 ++++++++++---------- 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/usb/dwc3/debugfs.c b/drivers/usb/dwc3/debugfs.c index b99ee12..545c035 100644 --- a/drivers/usb/dwc3/debugfs.c +++ b/drivers/usb/dwc3/debugfs.c @@ -669,8 +669,8 @@ int __devinit dwc3_debugfs_init(struct dwc3 *dwc) int ret; root = debugfs_create_dir(dev_name(dwc->dev), NULL); - if (IS_ERR(root)) { - ret = PTR_ERR(root); + if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(root)) { + ret = -ENOMEM; goto err0; } @@ -678,29 +678,29 @@ int __devinit dwc3_debugfs_init(struct dwc3 *dwc) file = debugfs_create_file("regdump", S_IRUGO, root, dwc, &dwc3_regdump_fops); - if (IS_ERR(file)) { - ret = PTR_ERR(file); + if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(file)) { + ret = -ENOMEM; goto err1; } file = debugfs_create_file("mode", S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, root, dwc, &dwc3_mode_fops); - if (IS_ERR(file)) { - ret = PTR_ERR(file); + if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(file)) { + ret = -ENOMEM; goto err1; } file = debugfs_create_file("testmode", S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, root, dwc, &dwc3_testmode_fops); - if (IS_ERR(file)) { - ret = PTR_ERR(file); + if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(file)) { + ret = -ENOMEM; goto err1; } file = debugfs_create_file("link_state", S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, root, dwc, &dwc3_link_state_fops); - if (IS_ERR(file)) { - ret = PTR_ERR(file); + if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(file)) { + ret = -ENOMEM; goto err1; } -- 1.7.9 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html