The patch titled
Subject: pps: class_create() returns an ERR_PTR, not NULL
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
pps-class_create-returns-an-err_ptr-not-null.patch
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From: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: pps: class_create() returns an ERR_PTR, not NULL
class_create() never returns NULLs only ERR_PTRs.
Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Rodolfo Giometti <giometti@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/pps/pps.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff -puN drivers/pps/pps.c~pps-checking-for-null-instead-of-is_err drivers/pps/pps.c
--- a/drivers/pps/pps.c~pps-checking-for-null-instead-of-is_err
+++ a/drivers/pps/pps.c
@@ -369,9 +369,9 @@ static int __init pps_init(void)
int err;
pps_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "pps");
- if (!pps_class) {
+ if (IS_ERR(pps_class)) {
pr_err("failed to allocate class\n");
- return -ENOMEM;
+ return PTR_ERR(pps_class);
}
pps_class->dev_attrs = pps_attrs;
_
Subject: Subject: pps: class_create() returns an ERR_PTR, not NULL
Patches currently in -mm which might be from dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx are
origin.patch
linux-next.patch
pps-class_create-returns-an-err_ptr-not-null.patch
slab-introduce-kmalloc_array.patch
mm-compaction-make-compact_control-order-signed.patch
mm-compaction-make-compact_control-order-signed-fix.patch
drivers-leds-leds-tca6507c-cleanup-error-handling-in-tca6507_probe.patch
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