linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drivers/s390: Use an IS

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Message-Id: <1218116952.1033.37.camel@localhost>
Date:	Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:49:12 +0200
From:	Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@...ibm.com>
To:	Julien Brunel <brunel@...u.dk>
Cc:	heiko.carstens@...ibm.com, linux390@...ibm.com,
	linux-s390@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers/s390: Use an IS_ERR test rather than a NULL
	test

On Thu, 2008-08-07 at 15:42 +0200, Julien Brunel wrote:
> In case of error, functions dasd_kmalloc_request and idal_buffer_alloc
> return an ERR pointer, but never return the NULL pointer. So after a
> call to one of these functions, a NULL test should be replaced by an
> IS_ERR test.

Good findings, many thanks! I'll add it to git390 for the next please
pull.

-- 
blue skies,
  Martin.

"Reality continues to ruin my life." - Calvin.


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