linux-kernel - [PATCH v3 09/27] gpib: eastwood: Fix the *allocate

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Message-ID: <20260116174647.317256-10-dominik.karol.piatkowski@protonmail.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2026 17:48:05 +0000
From: Dominik Karol Piątkowski <dominik.karol.piatkowski@...tonmail.com>
To: Dave Penkler <dpenkler@...il.com>, Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, Michael Rubin <matchstick@...erthere.org>, Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...aro.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Dominik Karol Piątkowski <dominik.karol.piatkowski@...tonmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 09/27] gpib: eastwood: Fix the *allocate_private retval check

Change

if (retval < 0)
        return retval;

into

if (retval)
        return retval;

as it is more fitting in this case.

Signed-off-by: Dominik Karol Piątkowski <dominik.karol.piatkowski@...tonmail.com>
---

v3:
- Change `(retval < 0)` to `(retval)`

 drivers/gpib/eastwood/fluke_gpib.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpib/eastwood/fluke_gpib.c b/drivers/gpib/eastwood/fluke_gpib.c
index 8e315b0e35a2..56153b8a1cb2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpib/eastwood/fluke_gpib.c
+++ b/drivers/gpib/eastwood/fluke_gpib.c
@@ -886,7 +886,7 @@ static int fluke_generic_attach(struct gpib_board *board)
 	board->status = 0;
 
 	retval = fluke_allocate_private(board);
-	if (retval < 0)
+	if (retval)
 		return retval;
 	e_priv = board->private_data;
 	nec_priv = &e_priv->nec7210_priv;
-- 
2.43.0