linux-kernel - [PATCH 05/23] gpiolib: cdev: Correct return code on memory allocation failure

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Message-ID: <20260116081036.352286-6-tzungbi@kernel.org>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2026 08:10:18 +0000
From: Tzung-Bi Shih <tzungbi@...nel.org>
To: Benson Leung <bleung@...omium.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	"Rafael J . Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
	Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>,
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	Linus Walleij <linusw@...nel.org>
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	Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>,
	linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
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	tzungbi@...nel.org,
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	linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 05/23] gpiolib: cdev: Correct return code on memory allocation failure

-ENOMEM is a more appropriate return code for memory allocation
failures.  Correct it.

Fixes: 20bddcb40b2b ("gpiolib: cdev: replace locking wrappers for gpio_device with guards")
Signed-off-by: Tzung-Bi Shih <tzungbi@...nel.org>
---
 drivers/gpio/gpiolib-cdev.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-cdev.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-cdev.c
index 6196aab5ed74..66bd260c68e9 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-cdev.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-cdev.c
@@ -2699,7 +2699,7 @@ static int gpio_chrdev_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 
 	cdev = kzalloc(sizeof(*cdev), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!cdev)
-		return -ENODEV;
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	cdev->watched_lines = bitmap_zalloc(gdev->ngpio, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!cdev->watched_lines)
-- 
2.52.0.457.g6b5491de43-goog