The patch titled
backlight: backlight_device_register() return ERR_PTR()
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
backlight-backlight_device_register-return-err_ptr.patch
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Subject: backlight: backlight_device_register() return ERR_PTR()
From: Dan Carpenter <error27@xxxxxxxxx>
backlight_device_register() returns a valid pointer or ERR_PTR() never
NULL.
Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Richard Purdie <rpurdie@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/video/backlight/adx_bl.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff -puN drivers/video/backlight/adx_bl.c~backlight-backlight_device_register-return-err_ptr drivers/video/backlight/adx_bl.c
--- a/drivers/video/backlight/adx_bl.c~backlight-backlight_device_register-return-err_ptr
+++ a/drivers/video/backlight/adx_bl.c
@@ -106,8 +106,8 @@ static int __devinit adx_backlight_probe
props.max_brightness = 0xff;
bldev = backlight_device_register(dev_name(&pdev->dev), &pdev->dev,
bl, &adx_backlight_ops, &props);
- if (!bldev) {
- ret = -ENOMEM;
+ if (IS_ERR(bldev)) {
+ ret = PTR_ERR(bldev);
goto out;
}
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from error27@xxxxxxxxx are
origin.patch
memcontrol-fix-potential-null-deref.patch
rtc-mc13783-fix-use-after-free-bug.patch
linux-next.patch
acpi_pad-processor_aggregator-name-too-long.patch
power_meter-acpi_device_class-power_meter_resource-too-long.patch
em28xx-empia-em28xx-audio-too-long.patch
cx231xx-card-driver-conexant-cx231xx-audio-too-long.patch
dpt_i20-several-use-after-free-issues.patch
sbshc-acpi_device_class-smbus_host_controller-too-long.patch
i915-fix-small-leak-on-error-path.patch
backlight-backlight_device_register-return-err_ptr.patch
scsi-remove-superfluous-null-pointer-check-from-scsi_kill_request.patch
iscsi-change-to.patch
dynamic_debug-small-cleanup-in-ddebug_proc_write.patch
proc-cleanup-remove-unused-assignments.patch
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