linux-kernel - [PATCH] edac: Fix error checking

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Date:   Thu, 18 May 2023 01:31:11 +0800
From:   Yeqi Fu <asuk4.q@...il.com>
To:     rric@...nel.org, bp@...en8.de, tony.luck@...el.com
Cc:     Yeqi Fu <asuk4.q@...il.com>, linux-edac@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] edac: Fix error checking

The functions edac_debugfs_create_file return ERR_PTR if an error
occurs, and the appropriate way to verify for errors is to use the
inline function IS_ERR. The patch will substitute the null-comparison
with IS_ERR.

Signed-off-by: Yeqi Fu <asuk4.q@...il.com>
---
 drivers/edac/thunderx_edac.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/edac/thunderx_edac.c b/drivers/edac/thunderx_edac.c
index 0bcd9f02c84a..b9c5772da959 100644
--- a/drivers/edac/thunderx_edac.c
+++ b/drivers/edac/thunderx_edac.c
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ static int thunderx_create_debugfs_nodes(struct dentry *parent,
 		ent = edac_debugfs_create_file(attrs[i]->name, attrs[i]->mode,
 					       parent, data, &attrs[i]->fops);
 
-		if (!ent)
+		if (IS_ERR(ent))
 			break;
 	}
 
-- 
2.37.2