linux-kernel - [PATCH -next] USB: gadget: f_fs: Use ERR_CAST instead of ERR_PTR(PTR

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Date:   Wed, 19 May 2021 10:30:32 +0800
From:   YueHaibing <yuehaibing@...wei.com>
To:     <balbi@...nel.org>, <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
CC:     <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        YueHaibing <yuehaibing@...wei.com>
Subject: [PATCH -next] USB: gadget: f_fs: Use ERR_CAST instead of ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(...))

A coccicheck run provided information like the following.

./drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_fs.c:3832:9-16:
 WARNING: ERR_CAST can be used with data

Use ERR_CAST to fix this.

Signed-off-by: YueHaibing <yuehaibing@...wei.com>
---
 drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_fs.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_fs.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_fs.c
index bf109191659a..61110ff52f49 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_fs.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_fs.c
@@ -3829,7 +3829,7 @@ static char *ffs_prepare_buffer(const char __user *buf, size_t len)
 
 	data = memdup_user(buf, len);
 	if (IS_ERR(data))
-		return ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(data));
+		return ERR_CAST(data);
 
 	pr_vdebug("Buffer from user space:\n");
 	ffs_dump_mem("", data, len);
-- 
2.17.1