The failure value of dev_get_regmap is NULL. Hence, the return value is changed to -ENODEV.
A simplified version of the semantic match that finds this problem is as follows: // <smpl> @@ expression e1; @@ * if (!e1) return PTR_ERR(e1); // </smpl> Signed-off-by: Himangi Saraogi <[email protected]> Acked-by: Julia Lawall <[email protected]> --- drivers/pinctrl/berlin/berlin.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/berlin/berlin.c b/drivers/pinctrl/berlin/berlin.c index edf5d2f..86db223 100644 --- a/drivers/pinctrl/berlin/berlin.c +++ b/drivers/pinctrl/berlin/berlin.c @@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ int berlin_pinctrl_probe(struct platform_device *pdev, regmap = dev_get_regmap(&pdev->dev, NULL); if (!regmap) - return PTR_ERR(regmap); + return -ENODEV; pctrl = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*pctrl), GFP_KERNEL); if (!pctrl) -- 1.9.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

