From: Julia Lawall Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2016 21:10:56 +0000 (+0100) Subject: drm/rockchip: return ERR_PTR instead of NULL X-Git-Tag: v5.15~11808^2~25^2~7 X-Git-Url: http://review.tizen.org/git/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=5a2c920c99bcd3a05edff184958c334c6b13c262;p=platform%2Fkernel%2Flinux-starfive.git drm/rockchip: return ERR_PTR instead of NULL rockchip_drm_framebuffer_init is only used in one case, in rockchip_drm_fbdev.c, where its return value is tested using IS_ERR. To enable propagating the reason for the error, change the definition so that it returns an ERR_PTR value. Problem found with the help of Coccinelle. Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall --- diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/rockchip_drm_fb.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/rockchip_drm_fb.c index d5e1f86..c9ccdf8 100644 --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/rockchip_drm_fb.c +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/rockchip_drm_fb.c @@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ rockchip_drm_framebuffer_init(struct drm_device *dev, rockchip_fb = rockchip_fb_alloc(dev, mode_cmd, &obj, 1); if (IS_ERR(rockchip_fb)) - return NULL; + return ERR_CAST(rockchip_fb); return &rockchip_fb->fb; }