linux-kernel - [PATCH] backlight: aat2870_bl: fix error checking for backlight_device

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Date:	Wed, 06 Jul 2011 13:59:00 +0800
From:	Axel Lin <axel.lin@...il.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Richard Purdie <rpurdie@...ys.net>,
	Jin Park <jinyoungp@...dia.com>,
	Samuel Ortiz <sameo@...ux.intel.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH] backlight: aat2870_bl: fix error checking for
 backlight_device_register

backlight_device_register() returns ERR_PTR() on error.

Signed-off-by: Axel Lin <axel.lin@...il.com>
---
 drivers/video/backlight/aat2870_bl.c |    4 ++--
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/aat2870_bl.c b/drivers/video/backlight/aat2870_bl.c
index 4952a61..f13a3f7 100644
--- a/drivers/video/backlight/aat2870_bl.c
+++ b/drivers/video/backlight/aat2870_bl.c
@@ -158,10 +158,10 @@ static int aat2870_bl_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	props.type = BACKLIGHT_RAW;
 	bd = backlight_device_register("aat2870-backlight", &pdev->dev,
 				       aat2870_bl, &aat2870_bl_ops, &props);
-	if (!bd) {
+	if (IS_ERR(bd)) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev,
 			"Failed allocate memory for backlight device\n");
-		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		ret = PTR_ERR(bd);
 		goto out_kfree;
 	}
 
-- 
1.7.4.1



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