The patch titled
drivers/video/backlight/aat2870_bl.c: fix error checking for backlight_device_register
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
drivers-video-backlight-aat2870_blc-fix-error-checking-for-backlight_device_register.patch
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Subject: drivers/video/backlight/aat2870_bl.c: fix error checking for backlight_device_register
From: Axel Lin <axel.lin@xxxxxxxxx>
backlight_device_register() returns ERR_PTR() on error.
Signed-off-by: Axel Lin <axel.lin@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Richard Purdie <rpurdie@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jin Park <jinyoungp@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Samuel Ortiz <sameo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/video/backlight/aat2870_bl.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff -puN drivers/video/backlight/aat2870_bl.c~drivers-video-backlight-aat2870_blc-fix-error-checking-for-backlight_device_register drivers/video/backlight/aat2870_bl.c
--- a/drivers/video/backlight/aat2870_bl.c~drivers-video-backlight-aat2870_blc-fix-error-checking-for-backlight_device_register
+++ a/drivers/video/backlight/aat2870_bl.c
@@ -158,10 +158,10 @@ static int aat2870_bl_probe(struct platf
props.type = BACKLIGHT_RAW;
bd = backlight_device_register("aat2870-backlight", &pdev->dev,
aat2870_bl, &aat2870_bl_ops, &props);
- if (!bd) {
+ if (IS_ERR(bd)) {
dev_err(&pdev->dev,
"Failed allocate memory for backlight device\n");
- ret = -ENOMEM;
+ ret = PTR_ERR(bd);
goto out_kfree;
}
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from axel.lin@xxxxxxxxx are
origin.patch
linux-next.patch
drivers-video-backlight-ld9040c-small-fixes.patch
backlight-add-ams369fg06-amoled-driver-unregister-backlight-device-when-unload-the-module.patch
backlight-ams369fg06-staticize-ams369fg06_shutdown.patch
backlight-set-backlight-type-and-max_brightness-before-backlights-are-registered.patch
drivers-video-backlight-aat2870_blc-fix-error-checking-for-backlight_device_register.patch
drivers-leds-leds-sunfirec-fix-sunfire_led_generic_probe-error-handling.patch
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