linux-kernel - [PATCH] nbd: Fix debugfs_create

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Message-Id: <20230512130533.98709-1-ivan.orlov0322@gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 12 May 2023 17:05:32 +0400
From:   Ivan Orlov <ivan.orlov0322@...il.com>
To:     josef@...icpanda.com, axboe@...nel.dk
Cc:     Ivan Orlov <ivan.orlov0322@...il.com>, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        nbd@...er.debian.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        skhan@...uxfoundation.org, himadrispandya@...il.com,
        linux-kernel-mentees@...ts.linuxfoundation.org
Subject: [PATCH] nbd: Fix debugfs_create_dir error checking

The debugfs_create_dir function returns ERR_PTR in case of error, and the
only correct way to check if an error occurred is 'IS_ERR' inline function.
This patch will replace the null-comparison with IS_ERR.

Signed-off-by: Ivan Orlov <ivan.orlov0322@...il.com>
---
 drivers/block/nbd.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/block/nbd.c b/drivers/block/nbd.c
index 9c35c958f2c8..65ecde3e2a5b 100644
--- a/drivers/block/nbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/nbd.c
@@ -1666,7 +1666,7 @@ static int nbd_dev_dbg_init(struct nbd_device *nbd)
 		return -EIO;
 
 	dir = debugfs_create_dir(nbd_name(nbd), nbd_dbg_dir);
-	if (!dir) {
+	if (IS_ERR(dir)) {
 		dev_err(nbd_to_dev(nbd), "Failed to create debugfs dir for '%s'\n",
 			nbd_name(nbd));
 		return -EIO;
@@ -1692,7 +1692,7 @@ static int nbd_dbg_init(void)
 	struct dentry *dbg_dir;
 
 	dbg_dir = debugfs_create_dir("nbd", NULL);
-	if (!dbg_dir)
+	if (IS_ERR(dbg_dir))
 		return -EIO;
 
 	nbd_dbg_dir = dbg_dir;
-- 
2.34.1