linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] firmware: stratix10-svc: Fix IS_ERR() vs NULL check in stratix10_svc_drv

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Message-ID: <Y3HtGbqAvb15Sa9a@kroah.com>
Date:   Mon, 14 Nov 2022 08:24:09 +0100
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Gaosheng Cui <cuigaosheng1@...wei.com>
Cc:     dinguyen@...nel.org, richard.gong@...el.com, atull@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] firmware: stratix10-svc: Fix IS_ERR() vs NULL check in
 stratix10_svc_drv_probe()

On Mon, Nov 14, 2022 at 10:59:21AM +0800, Gaosheng Cui wrote:
> The svc_create_memory_pool() returns an ERR_PTR() on failure, we should use
> IS_ERR() to check the return value, and return it on failure.

How was this found and tested?

thanks,

greg k-h