This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
i40e: Fix an NULL vs IS_ERR() bug for debugfs_create_dir()
to the 4.14-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:
i40e-fix-an-null-vs-is_err-bug-for-debugfs_create_di.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.14 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit 7a5db1ca28bbc3f5f983f58c9af65e1443c8db3c
Author: Wang Ming <machel@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu Jul 13 09:42:39 2023 +0800
i40e: Fix an NULL vs IS_ERR() bug for debugfs_create_dir()
[ Upstream commit 043b1f185fb0f3939b7427f634787706f45411c4 ]
The debugfs_create_dir() function returns error pointers.
It never returns NULL. Most incorrect error checks were fixed,
but the one in i40e_dbg_init() was forgotten.
Fix the remaining error check.
Fixes: 02e9c290814c ("i40e: debugfs interface")
Signed-off-by: Wang Ming <machel@xxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Pucha Himasekhar Reddy <himasekharx.reddy.pucha@xxxxxxxxx> (A Contingent worker at Intel)
Signed-off-by: Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_debugfs.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_debugfs.c
index 126207be492d3..6cf38c7a157e1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_debugfs.c
@@ -1850,7 +1850,7 @@ void i40e_dbg_pf_exit(struct i40e_pf *pf)
void i40e_dbg_init(void)
{
i40e_dbg_root = debugfs_create_dir(i40e_driver_name, NULL);
- if (!i40e_dbg_root)
+ if (IS_ERR(i40e_dbg_root))
pr_info("init of debugfs failed\n");
}
