linux-kernel - [PATCH] gpio: mockup: fix a return value check

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Date:   Wed,  6 Dec 2017 17:30:02 +0100
From:   Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl>
To:     Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
Cc:     linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl>
Subject: [PATCH] gpio: mockup: fix a return value check

The return value of platform_device_register_resndata() on error is
an error code converted to pointer with ERR_PTR(), not NULL.

Check the return value correctly.

Fixes: 8a39f597bcfd ("gpio: mockup: rework device probing")
Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl>
---
 drivers/gpio/gpio-mockup.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-mockup.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-mockup.c
index ea8c730d8af1..3a545ad17817 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-mockup.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-mockup.c
@@ -387,11 +387,11 @@ static int __init gpio_mockup_init(void)
 							 GPIO_MOCKUP_NAME,
 							 i, NULL, 0, &pdata,
 							 sizeof(pdata));
-		if (!pdev) {
+		if (IS_ERR(pdev)) {
 			gpio_mockup_err("error registering device");
 			platform_driver_unregister(&gpio_mockup_driver);
 			gpio_mockup_unregister_pdevs();
-			return -ENOMEM;
+			return PTR_ERR(pdev);
 		}
 
 		gpio_mockup_pdevs[i] = pdev;
-- 
2.15.1