In the function check_acpi_dev(), if it fails to create platform device, the return value is ERR_PTR() or NULL. Thus it must use IS_ERR_OR_NULL to check return value. Fixes: ecc83e52b28c (intel-hid: new hid event driver for hotkeys) Reported-by: Hulk Robot <hulkci@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Lu Wei <luwei32@xxxxxxxxxx> --- v1->v2 - Modify commit message drivers/platform/x86/intel-hid.c | 2 +- drivers/platform/x86/intel-vbtn.c | 2 +- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/intel-hid.c b/drivers/platform/x86/intel-hid.c index cc7dd4d..c45250c 100644 --- a/drivers/platform/x86/intel-hid.c +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/intel-hid.c @@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ check_acpi_dev(acpi_handle handle, u32 lvl, void *context, void **rv) return AE_OK; if (acpi_match_device_ids(dev, ids) == 0) - if (acpi_create_platform_device(dev, NULL)) + if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(acpi_create_platform_device(dev, NULL))) dev_info(&dev->dev, "intel-hid: created platform device\n"); diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/intel-vbtn.c b/drivers/platform/x86/intel-vbtn.c index b588093..e1aa526 100644 --- a/drivers/platform/x86/intel-vbtn.c +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/intel-vbtn.c @@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ check_acpi_dev(acpi_handle handle, u32 lvl, void *context, void **rv) return AE_OK; if (acpi_match_device_ids(dev, ids) == 0) - if (acpi_create_platform_device(dev, NULL)) + if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(acpi_create_platform_device(dev, NULL))) dev_info(&dev->dev, "intel-vbtn: created platform device\n"); -- 2.7.4