linux-kernel - [PATCH -next] drm/vboxvideo: Fix a NULL vs IS_ERR() check in vbox_hw

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Message-ID: <20200430070523.185584-1-weiyongjun1@huawei.com>
Date:   Thu, 30 Apr 2020 07:05:23 +0000
From:   Wei Yongjun <weiyongjun1@...wei.com>
To:     Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>,
        David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>
CC:     Wei Yongjun <weiyongjun1@...wei.com>,
        <dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH -next] drm/vboxvideo: Fix a NULL vs IS_ERR() check in vbox_hw_init()

The devm_gen_pool_create() function returns ERR_PTR() on error, it
doesn't return NULL so this check doesn't work.

Fixes: 4cc9b565454b ("drm/vboxvideo: Use devm_gen_pool_create")
Signed-off-by: Wei Yongjun <weiyongjun1@...wei.com>
---
 drivers/gpu/drm/vboxvideo/vbox_main.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vboxvideo/vbox_main.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vboxvideo/vbox_main.c
index d68d9bad7674..c5ea880d17b2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vboxvideo/vbox_main.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vboxvideo/vbox_main.c
@@ -123,8 +123,8 @@ int vbox_hw_init(struct vbox_private *vbox)
 	/* Create guest-heap mem-pool use 2^4 = 16 byte chunks */
 	vbox->guest_pool = devm_gen_pool_create(vbox->ddev.dev, 4, -1,
 						"vboxvideo-accel");
-	if (!vbox->guest_pool)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	if (IS_ERR(vbox->guest_pool))
+		return PTR_ERR(vbox->guest_pool);
 
 	ret = gen_pool_add_virt(vbox->guest_pool,
 				(unsigned long)vbox->guest_heap,