From: Wei Yongjun <weiyongjun1@xxxxxxxxxx> In case of error, the function platform_device_register_simple() returns ERR_PTR() and never returns NULL. The NULL test in the return value check should be replaced with IS_ERR(). Signed-off-by: Wei Yongjun <weiyongjun1@xxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/platform/mellanox/mlx-platform.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/platform/mellanox/mlx-platform.c b/arch/x86/platform/mellanox/mlx-platform.c index e1dc152..7dcfcca 100644 --- a/arch/x86/platform/mellanox/mlx-platform.c +++ b/arch/x86/platform/mellanox/mlx-platform.c @@ -200,8 +200,8 @@ static int __init mlxplat_init(void) mlxplat_lpc_resources, ARRAY_SIZE(mlxplat_lpc_resources)); - if (!mlxplat_dev) - return -ENOMEM; + if (IS_ERR(mlxplat_dev)) + return PTR_ERR(mlxplat_dev); priv = devm_kzalloc(&mlxplat_dev->dev, sizeof(struct mlxplat_priv), GFP_KERNEL); -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe platform-driver-x86" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html