linux-kernel - [PATCH] MIPS: ath79: Modify error handling

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Date:	Fri, 12 Aug 2016 08:36:54 +0530
From:	Amitoj Kaur Chawla <amitoj1606@...il.com>
To:	ralf@...ux-mips.org, linux-mips@...ux-mips.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	julia.lawall@...6.fr
Subject: [PATCH] MIPS: ath79: Modify error handling

clk_register_fixed_factor returns an ERR_PTR in case of an error and
should have an IS_ERR check instead of a null check.

The Coccinelle semantic patch used to find this issue is as follows:
@@
expression e;
statement S;
@@

*e = clk_register_fixed_factor(...);
if (!e) S

Signed-off-by: Amitoj Kaur Chawla <amitoj1606@...il.com>
---
 arch/mips/ath79/clock.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/mips/ath79/clock.c b/arch/mips/ath79/clock.c
index 2e73784..cc3a1e3 100644
--- a/arch/mips/ath79/clock.c
+++ b/arch/mips/ath79/clock.c
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ static struct clk * __init ath79_reg_ffclk(const char *name,
 	struct clk *clk;
 
 	clk = clk_register_fixed_factor(NULL, name, parent_name, 0, mult, div);
-	if (!clk)
+	if (IS_ERR(clk))
 		panic("failed to allocate %s clock structure", name);
 
 	return clk;
-- 
1.9.1