linux-kernel - [PATCH] c2port: checking for NULL instead of IS

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Date:   Wed, 12 Apr 2017 11:33:21 +0300
From:   Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Rodolfo Giometti <giometti@...ux.it>
Cc:     kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH] c2port: checking for NULL instead of IS_ERR()

c2port_device_register() never returns NULL, it uses error pointers.

Fixes: 65131cd52b9e ("c2port: add c2port support for Eurotech Duramar 2150")
Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>

diff --git a/drivers/misc/c2port/c2port-duramar2150.c b/drivers/misc/c2port/c2port-duramar2150.c
index 5484301d57d9..3dc61ea7dc64 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/c2port/c2port-duramar2150.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/c2port/c2port-duramar2150.c
@@ -129,8 +129,8 @@ static int __init duramar2150_c2port_init(void)
 
 	duramar2150_c2port_dev = c2port_device_register("uc",
 					&duramar2150_c2port_ops, NULL);
-	if (!duramar2150_c2port_dev) {
-		ret = -ENODEV;
+	if (IS_ERR(duramar2150_c2port_dev)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(duramar2150_c2port_dev);
 		goto free_region;
 	}