This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled nbd: Fix debugfs_create_dir error checking to the 5.10-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: nbd-fix-debugfs_create_dir-error-checking.patch and it can be found in the queue-5.10 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. commit dad4a77b50daea110a7c85b92ded6bd60c18105c Author: Ivan Orlov <ivan.orlov0322@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri May 12 17:05:32 2023 +0400 nbd: Fix debugfs_create_dir error checking [ Upstream commit 4913cfcf014c95f0437db2df1734472fd3e15098 ] The debugfs_create_dir function returns ERR_PTR in case of error, and the only correct way to check if an error occurred is 'IS_ERR' inline function. This patch will replace the null-comparison with IS_ERR. Signed-off-by: Ivan Orlov <ivan.orlov0322@xxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230512130533.98709-1-ivan.orlov0322@xxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/drivers/block/nbd.c b/drivers/block/nbd.c index dbcd903ba128f..b6940f0a9c905 100644 --- a/drivers/block/nbd.c +++ b/drivers/block/nbd.c @@ -1624,7 +1624,7 @@ static int nbd_dev_dbg_init(struct nbd_device *nbd) return -EIO; dir = debugfs_create_dir(nbd_name(nbd), nbd_dbg_dir); - if (!dir) { + if (IS_ERR(dir)) { dev_err(nbd_to_dev(nbd), "Failed to create debugfs dir for '%s'\n", nbd_name(nbd)); return -EIO; @@ -1650,7 +1650,7 @@ static int nbd_dbg_init(void) struct dentry *dbg_dir; dbg_dir = debugfs_create_dir("nbd", NULL); - if (!dbg_dir) + if (IS_ERR(dbg_dir)) return -EIO; nbd_dbg_dir = dbg_dir;