drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_gnss.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
kthread_create_worker() and tty_alloc_driver() return ERR_PTR()
and never return NULL. The NULL test in the return value check
should be replaced with IS_ERR().
Fixes: 43113ff73453 ("ice: add TTY for GNSS module for E810T device")
Reported-by: Hulk Robot <hulkci@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Yang Yingliang <yangyingliang@huawei.com>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_gnss.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_gnss.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_gnss.c
index 755e1580f368..35579cf4283f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_gnss.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_gnss.c
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ static struct gnss_serial *ice_gnss_struct_init(struct ice_pf *pf)
* writes.
*/
kworker = kthread_create_worker(0, "ice-gnss-%s", dev_name(dev));
- if (!kworker) {
+ if (IS_ERR(kworker)) {
kfree(gnss);
return NULL;
}
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ static struct tty_driver *ice_gnss_create_tty_driver(struct ice_pf *pf)
int err;
tty_driver = tty_alloc_driver(1, TTY_DRIVER_REAL_RAW);
- if (!tty_driver) {
+ if (IS_ERR(tty_driver)) {
dev_err(ice_pf_to_dev(pf), "Failed to allocate memory for GNSS TTY\n");
return NULL;
}
--
2.25.1
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Yang Yingliang <yangyingliang@huawei.com>
> Sent: Saturday, March 5, 2022 2:35 PM
> To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; intel-wired-lan@lists.osuosl.org
> Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org; kuba@kernel.org; davem@davemloft.net;
> Nguyen, Anthony L <anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com>; Kolacinski, Karol
> <karol.kolacinski@intel.com>
> Subject: [PATCH -next] ice: fix return value check in ice_gnss.c
>
> kthread_create_worker() and tty_alloc_driver() return ERR_PTR() and never
> return NULL. The NULL test in the return value check should be replaced with
> IS_ERR().
>
> Fixes: 43113ff73453 ("ice: add TTY for GNSS module for E810T device")
> Reported-by: Hulk Robot <hulkci@huawei.com>
> Signed-off-by: Yang Yingliang <yangyingliang@huawei.com>
> ---
> drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_gnss.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
Tested-by: Gurucharan <gurucharanx.g@intel.com> (A Contingent worker at Intel)
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