netdev - [patch] error handling for platform_device_register

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Date:	Thu, 9 Apr 2009 10:55:29 +0300 (EAT)
From:	Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>
To:	vbordug@...mvista.com, avorontsov@...mvista.com
cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [patch] error handling for platform_device_register_simple()

platform_device_register_simple() returns ERR_PTR() and not NULL.

Found by smatch (http://repo.or.cz/w/smatch.git).  Compile tested.

regards,
dan carpenter

Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>

--- orig/drivers/net/phy/fixed.c	2009-04-09 05:53:24.000000000 +0300
+++ devel/drivers/net/phy/fixed.c	2009-04-09 05:53:52.000000000 +0300
@@ -207,8 +207,8 @@
 	int ret;
 
 	pdev = platform_device_register_simple("Fixed MDIO bus", 0, NULL, 0);
-	if (!pdev) {
-		ret = -ENOMEM;
+	if (IS_ERR(pdev)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(pdev);
 		goto err_pdev;
 	}
 
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