linux-kernel - [PATCH v2] staging: most: return error value

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Date:	Mon,  8 Feb 2016 22:55:34 +0530
From:	Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>
To:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Christian Gromm <christian.gromm@...rochip.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
	Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2] staging: most: return error value

On error we were returning retval, but retval is not having the error
value. We will get the error value using PTR_ERR.

Signed-off-by: Sudip Mukherjee <sudip@...torindia.org>
---

v2: sent after rebasing

 drivers/staging/most/aim-cdev/cdev.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/most/aim-cdev/cdev.c b/drivers/staging/most/aim-cdev/cdev.c
index 3a2dbf1..de4f76a 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/most/aim-cdev/cdev.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/most/aim-cdev/cdev.c
@@ -470,8 +470,8 @@ static int aim_probe(struct most_interface *iface, int channel_id,
 				     NULL,
 				     "%s", name);
 
-	retval = IS_ERR(c->dev);
-	if (retval) {
+	if (IS_ERR(c->dev)) {
+		retval = PTR_ERR(c->dev);
 		pr_info("failed to create new device node %s\n", name);
 		goto error_create_device;
 	}
-- 
1.9.1