linux-kernel - [PATCH] usb: phy: don't return with NULL from devm_usb_get

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Date:	Fri, 11 Oct 2013 09:01:03 +0200
From:	Gabor Juhos <juhosg@...nwrt.org>
To:	Felipe Balbi <balbi@...com>
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Gabor Juhos <juhosg@...nwrt.org>
Subject: [PATCH] usb: phy: don't return with NULL from devm_usb_get_phy()

The callers are expecting an ERR_PTR value in case
of an error. Change he code to return with an encoded
-ENOMEM value in the case of a failed devres_alloc call.

Signed-off-by: Gabor Juhos <juhosg@...nwrt.org>
---
 drivers/usb/phy/phy.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/usb/phy/phy.c b/drivers/usb/phy/phy.c
index a9984c7..1b74523 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/phy/phy.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/phy/phy.c
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ struct usb_phy *devm_usb_get_phy(struct device *dev, enum usb_phy_type type)
 
 	ptr = devres_alloc(devm_usb_phy_release, sizeof(*ptr), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!ptr)
-		return NULL;
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
 	phy = usb_get_phy(type);
 	if (!IS_ERR(phy)) {
-- 
1.7.10
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