This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
drm: rcar-du: Fix a NULL vs IS_ERR() bug
to the 6.3-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
drm-rcar-du-fix-a-null-vs-is_err-bug.patch
and it can be found in the queue-6.3 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit 0daf61907281eeee28e1232cb81c7e6099d6cf54
Author: Dan Carpenter <error27@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon Feb 27 13:06:59 2023 +0300
drm: rcar-du: Fix a NULL vs IS_ERR() bug
[ Upstream commit 40f43730f43699ce8557e4fe59622d4f4b69f44a ]
The drmm_encoder_alloc() function returns error pointers. It never
returns NULL. Fix the check accordingly.
Fixes: 7a1adbd23990 ("drm: rcar-du: Use drmm_encoder_alloc() to manage encoder")
Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Kieran Bingham <kieran.bingham+renesas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart+renesas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart+renesas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_encoder.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_encoder.c
index b1787be31e92c..7ecec7b04a8d0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_encoder.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/rcar-du/rcar_du_encoder.c
@@ -109,8 +109,8 @@ int rcar_du_encoder_init(struct rcar_du_device *rcdu,
renc = drmm_encoder_alloc(&rcdu->ddev, struct rcar_du_encoder, base,
&rcar_du_encoder_funcs, DRM_MODE_ENCODER_NONE,
NULL);
- if (!renc)
- return -ENOMEM;
+ if (IS_ERR(renc))
+ return PTR_ERR(renc);
renc->output = output;
