Re: [PATCH] EDAC/altera: Fix error checking

[Borislav Petkov]

On Thu, May 18, 2023 at 03:15:56AM +0800, Yeqi Fu wrote:
> The function edac_debugfs_create_dir returns 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@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/edac/altera_edac.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/edac/altera_edac.c b/drivers/edac/altera_edac.c
> index 8b31cd54bdb6..19693333408f 100644
> --- a/drivers/edac/altera_edac.c
> +++ b/drivers/edac/altera_edac.c
> @@ -683,7 +683,7 @@ static void altr_create_edacdev_dbgfs(struct edac_device_ctl_info *edac_dci,
>  		return;
>  
>  	drvdata->debugfs_dir = edac_debugfs_create_dir(drvdata->edac_dev_name);
> -	if (!drvdata->debugfs_dir)
> +	if (IS_ERR(drvdata->debugfs_dir))
>  		return;
>  
>  	if (!edac_debugfs_create_file("altr_trigger", S_IWUSR,
> -- 

Applied, thanks.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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