fbdev: sh_mobile_lcdc: checking NULL instead of IS_ERR()

Started by Dan Carpenter on Mar 21, 2011 · 2 messages from 2 authors · Last reply Mar 22, 2011

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backlight_device_register() returns an ERR_PTR.  It doesn't return NULL.

Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <redacted>
---
V2:  print the error code as well.
This patch is againts linux-next, in case you missed that earlier.
diff --git a/drivers/video/sh_mobile_lcdcfb.c b/drivers/video/sh_mobile_lcdcfb.c
index bf2629f..757665b 100644
--- a/drivers/video/sh_mobile_lcdcfb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/sh_mobile_lcdcfb.c
@@ -1088,8 +1088,9 @@ static struct backlight_device *sh_mobile_lcdc_bl_probe(struct device *parent,
 
 	bl = backlight_device_register(ch->cfg.bl_info.name, parent, ch,
 				       &sh_mobile_lcdc_bl_ops, NULL);
-	if (!bl) {
-		dev_err(parent, "unable to register backlight device\n");
+	if (IS_ERR(bl)) {
+		dev_err(parent, "unable to register backlight device: %ld\n",
+			PTR_ERR(bl));
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
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On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 06:03:13PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
backlight_device_register() returns an ERR_PTR.  It doesn't return NULL.

Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <redacted>
---
V2:  print the error code as well.
This patch is againts linux-next, in case you missed that earlier.
Applied, thanks.
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