From: Osama Muhammad <osmtendev@xxxxxxxxx> [ Upstream commit 2bf1c45be3b8f3a3f898d0756c1282f09719debd ] This patch fixes the error checking in core.c in debugfs_create_dir. The correct way to check if an error occurred is 'IS_ERR' inline function. Signed-off-by: Osama Muhammad <osmtendev@xxxxxxxxx Suggested-by: Ivan Orlov <ivan.orlov0322@xxxxxxxxx Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230515172938.13338-1-osmtendev@xxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/regulator/core.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/regulator/core.c b/drivers/regulator/core.c index 47a04c5f7a9b8..f5ab74683b58a 100644 --- a/drivers/regulator/core.c +++ b/drivers/regulator/core.c @@ -5032,7 +5032,7 @@ static void rdev_init_debugfs(struct regulator_dev *rdev) } rdev->debugfs = debugfs_create_dir(rname, debugfs_root); - if (!rdev->debugfs) { + if (IS_ERR(rdev->debugfs)) { rdev_warn(rdev, "Failed to create debugfs directory\n"); return; } @@ -5937,7 +5937,7 @@ static int __init regulator_init(void) ret = class_register(®ulator_class); debugfs_root = debugfs_create_dir("regulator", NULL); - if (!debugfs_root) + if (IS_ERR(debugfs_root)) pr_warn("regulator: Failed to create debugfs directory\n"); #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS -- 2.39.2