On (Thu) 20 Dec 2012 [14:11:21], Sasha Levin wrote: > debugfs_create_dir() returns NULL if it fails, there's little point in > calling PTR_ERR on it. > > Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sasha.le...@oracle.com> > --- > drivers/char/virtio_console.c | 7 +++---- > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/char/virtio_console.c b/drivers/char/virtio_console.c > index c594cb1..490b70e 100644 > --- a/drivers/char/virtio_console.c > +++ b/drivers/char/virtio_console.c > @@ -2212,10 +2212,9 @@ static int __init init(void) > } > > pdrvdata.debugfs_dir = debugfs_create_dir("virtio-ports", NULL); > - if (!pdrvdata.debugfs_dir) { > - pr_warning("Error %ld creating debugfs dir for virtio-ports\n", > - PTR_ERR(pdrvdata.debugfs_dir)); > - } > + if (!pdrvdata.debugfs_dir) > + pr_warn("Error creating debugfs dir for virtio-ports\n");
debugfs_create_dir() does return an error value if debugfs is not enabled. This check for !pdrvdata.debugfs_dir should infact use IS_ERR_OR_NULL(). Care to submit a patch for that? Amit -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/