linux-kernel - [PATCH] smsdvb-debugfs.c: Fix error checking for debugfs_create

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Date:   Wed, 24 May 2023 21:42:10 +0500
From:   Osama Muhammad <osmtendev@...il.com>
To:     mchehab@...nel.org
Cc:     linux-media@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Osama Muhammad <osmtendev@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH] smsdvb-debugfs.c: Fix error checking for debugfs_create_file

This patch fixes the error checking in smsdvb-debugfs.c in
debugfs_create_file. The correct way to check if an error occurred
is using 'IS_ERR_OR_NULL' inline function.

Signed-off-by: Osama Muhammad <osmtendev@...il.com>
---
 drivers/media/common/siano/smsdvb-debugfs.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/common/siano/smsdvb-debugfs.c b/drivers/media/common/siano/smsdvb-debugfs.c
index 8916bb644756..0f8750d7993c 100644
--- a/drivers/media/common/siano/smsdvb-debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/media/common/siano/smsdvb-debugfs.c
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ int smsdvb_debugfs_create(struct smsdvb_client_t *client)
 
 	d = debugfs_create_file("stats", S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, client->debugfs,
 				client, &debugfs_stats_ops);
-	if (!d) {
+	if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(d)) {
 		debugfs_remove(client->debugfs);
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
-- 
2.34.1