linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] megaraid: fix error check return value of register

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Date:   Mon,  2 May 2022 20:51:23 -0400
From:   "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
To:     cgel.zte@...il.com, kashyap.desai@...adcom.com,
        sumit.saxena@...adcom.com
Cc:     "Martin K . Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        megaraidlinux.pdl@...adcom.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        jejb@...ux.ibm.com, Zeal Robot <zealci@....com.cn>,
        shivasharan.srikanteshwara@...adcom.com,
        Lv Ruyi <lv.ruyi@....com.cn>, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] megaraid: fix error check return value of register_chrdev()

On Mon, 18 Apr 2022 10:57:55 +0000, cgel.zte@...il.com wrote:

> From: Lv Ruyi <lv.ruyi@....com.cn>
> 
> If major equal 0, register_chrdev() returns error code when it fails.
> This function dynamically allocate a major and return its number on
> success, so we should use "< 0" to check it instead of "!".
> 
> 
> [...]

Applied to 5.19/scsi-queue, thanks!

[1/1] megaraid: fix error check return value of register_chrdev()
      https://git.kernel.org/mkp/scsi/c/c5acd61dbb32

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Martin K. Petersen	Oracle Linux Engineering