linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/5] IPMI: Fix platform return check

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Date:	Tue, 03 Mar 2009 09:18:11 -0600
From:	Corey Minyard <minyard@....org>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	OpenIPMI Developers <openipmi-developer@...ts.sourceforge.net>
Subject: [PATCH 1/5] IPMI: Fix platform return check

The wrong return value is being tested when allocating a platform
device in the IPMI SI code.  Check the right value.

Signed-off-by: Corey Minyard <minyard@....org>
---
Index: linux-2.6.25/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.25.orig/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
+++ linux-2.6.25/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
@@ -2864,7 +2864,7 @@ static int try_smi_init(struct smi_info 
 		 */
 		new_smi->pdev = platform_device_alloc("ipmi_si",
 						      new_smi->intf_num);
-		if (rv) {
+		if (!new_smi->pdev) {
 			printk(KERN_ERR
 			       "ipmi_si_intf:"
 			       " Unable to allocate platform device\n");
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