[merged] pps-class_create-returns-an-err_ptr-not-null.patch removed from -mm tree

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The patch titled
     Subject: pps: class_create() returns an ERR_PTR, not NULL
has been removed from the -mm tree.  Its filename was
     pps-class_create-returns-an-err_ptr-not-null.patch

This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree

The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/

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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-class_create-returns-an-err_ptr-not-null drivers/pps/pps.c
--- a/drivers/pps/pps.c~pps-class_create-returns-an-err_ptr-not-null
+++ 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;
 
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx are

origin.patch
linux-next.patch
thermal-spear13xx-checking-for-null-instead-of-is_err.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
epoll-remove-unneeded-variable-in-reverse_path_check.patch

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