This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
ntb: intel: Fix the NULL vs IS_ERR() bug for debugfs_create_dir()
to the 4.19-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:
ntb-intel-fix-the-null-vs-is_err-bug-for-debugfs_cre.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.19 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit ef7a5e2f031283ddfc4e3d5233d1fd736f2d9d72
Author: Jinjie Ruan <ruanjinjie@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu Aug 31 20:39:27 2023 +0800
ntb: intel: Fix the NULL vs IS_ERR() bug for debugfs_create_dir()
[ Upstream commit e229897d373a87ee09ec5cc4ecd4bb2f895fc16b ]
The debugfs_create_dir() function returns error pointers.
It never returns NULL. So use IS_ERR() to check it.
Fixes: e26a5843f7f5 ("NTB: Split ntb_hw_intel and ntb_transport drivers")
Signed-off-by: Jinjie Ruan <ruanjinjie@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jon Mason <jdmason@xxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/drivers/ntb/hw/intel/ntb_hw_gen1.c b/drivers/ntb/hw/intel/ntb_hw_gen1.c
index 084bd1d1ac1dc..0e913fd6b592e 100644
--- a/drivers/ntb/hw/intel/ntb_hw_gen1.c
+++ b/drivers/ntb/hw/intel/ntb_hw_gen1.c
@@ -777,7 +777,7 @@ static void ndev_init_debugfs(struct intel_ntb_dev *ndev)
ndev->debugfs_dir =
debugfs_create_dir(pci_name(ndev->ntb.pdev),
debugfs_dir);
- if (!ndev->debugfs_dir)
+ if (IS_ERR(ndev->debugfs_dir))
ndev->debugfs_info = NULL;
else
ndev->debugfs_info =
