linux-kernel - [PATCH] USB: In init_endpoint_class, use PTR_ERR to obtain an errno value, not IS

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Date:	Thu, 25 Jan 2007 01:32:34 -0800
From:	Josh Triplett <josh@...edesktop.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-usb-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
CC:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, usb-hacking@...ts.psas.pdx.edu
Subject: [PATCH] USB: In init_endpoint_class, use PTR_ERR to obtain an errno
 value, not IS_ERR

init_endpoint_class calls class_create, and checks the result for an error
with IS_ERR; however, if true, it then returns the result of IS_ERR (a
boolean) rather than PTR_ERR (the actual errno).

Signed-off-by: Josh Triplett <josh@...nel.org>
---
 drivers/usb/core/endpoint.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

Resent with correct address for linux-usb-devel; for others, sorry for the
duplicate.

diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/endpoint.c b/drivers/usb/core/endpoint.c
index 5e628ae..e0ec704 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/endpoint.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/endpoint.c
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ static int init_endpoint_class(void)
 	kref_init(&ep_class->kref);
 	ep_class->class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "usb_endpoint");
 	if (IS_ERR(ep_class->class)) {
-		result = IS_ERR(ep_class->class);
+		result = PTR_ERR(ep_class->class);
 		goto class_create_error;
 	}
 




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