The change fixes improper check for a returned error value by class_create() function, which on error returns ERR_PTR() value, thus the original check always results in a dead code on error path.
Signed-off-by: Vladimir Zapolskiy <[email protected]> --- drivers/rapidio/devices/rio_mport_cdev.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/rapidio/devices/rio_mport_cdev.c b/drivers/rapidio/devices/rio_mport_cdev.c index 5d4d918..96168b8 100644 --- a/drivers/rapidio/devices/rio_mport_cdev.c +++ b/drivers/rapidio/devices/rio_mport_cdev.c @@ -2669,9 +2669,9 @@ static int __init mport_init(void) /* Create device class needed by udev */ dev_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, DRV_NAME); - if (!dev_class) { + if (IS_ERR(dev_class)) { rmcd_error("Unable to create " DRV_NAME " class"); - return -EINVAL; + return PTR_ERR(dev_class); } ret = alloc_chrdev_region(&dev_number, 0, RIO_MAX_MPORTS, DRV_NAME); -- 2.1.4
