linux-kernel - [PATCH] sfc: It's a small cleanup to use ERR

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Message-Id: <20240906055950.729327-1-roheetchavan@gmail.com>
Date: Fri,  6 Sep 2024 11:29:50 +0530
From: Rohit Chavan <roheetchavan@...il.com>
To: Edward Cree <ecree.xilinx@...il.com>,
	Martin Habets <habetsm.xilinx@...il.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
	Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-net-drivers@....com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Rohit Chavan <roheetchavan@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH] sfc: It's a small cleanup to use ERR_CAST() here.

Using ERR_CAST() is more reasonable and safer, When it is necessary
to convert the type of an error pointer and return it.

Signed-off-by: Rohit Chavan <roheetchavan@...il.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/tc_counters.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/tc_counters.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/tc_counters.c
index c44088424323..76d32641202b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/tc_counters.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/tc_counters.c
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ struct efx_tc_counter_index *efx_tc_flower_get_counter_index(
 					       &ctr->linkage,
 					       efx_tc_counter_id_ht_params);
 			kfree(ctr);
-			return (void *)cnt; /* it's an ERR_PTR */
+			return ERR_CAST(cnt); /* it's an ERR_PTR */
 		}
 		ctr->cnt = cnt;
 		refcount_set(&ctr->ref, 1);
-- 
2.34.1