linux-kernel - [PATCH] HID: hiddev: return -ENOMEM when kmalloc failed

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Date:   Mon, 26 Apr 2021 17:35:26 +0800
From:   Yang Li <yang.lee@...ux.alibaba.com>
To:     jikos@...nel.org
Cc:     benjamin.tissoires@...hat.com, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-input@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Yang Li <yang.lee@...ux.alibaba.com>
Subject: [PATCH] HID: hiddev: return -ENOMEM when kmalloc failed

The driver is using -1 instead of the -ENOMEM defined macro to
specify that a buffer allocation failed. Using the correct error
code is more intuitive.

Smatch tool warning:
drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c:894 hiddev_connect() warn: returning -1
instead of -ENOMEM is sloppy

No functional change, just more standardized.

Reported-by: Abaci Robot <abaci@...ux.alibaba.com>
Signed-off-by: Yang Li <yang.lee@...ux.alibaba.com>
---
 drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c b/drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c
index 45e0b1c..88020f3 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c
@@ -891,7 +891,7 @@ int hiddev_connect(struct hid_device *hid, unsigned int force)
 	}
 
 	if (!(hiddev = kzalloc(sizeof(struct hiddev), GFP_KERNEL)))
-		return -1;
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	init_waitqueue_head(&hiddev->wait);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&hiddev->list);
-- 
1.8.3.1