[PATCH 7/7] nouveau/gsp/rm: cleanup remaining IS_ERR_OR_NULL usage

From: Hongling Zeng

Date: Fri May 29 2026 - 00:50:19 EST


Clean up the remaining IS_ERR_OR_NULL() checks in ctrl.c and rpc.c.
The underlying functions return error pointers, so IS_ERR() is
sufficient.

The underlying functions are now documented (in previous patches):
- nvkm_gsp_rpc_push(): Returns ERR_PTR on error, never NULL
- r535_gsp_msgq_peek(): Returns ERR_PTR on error, never NULL
- r535_gsp_msg_recv(): Returns ERR_PTR on error, never NULL (fixed in
patch 1)

This affects:
- r535_gsp_rpc_rm_ctrl_push() in ctrl.c
- r535_gsp_msg_recv() in rpc.c
- r535_gsp_rpc_handle_reply() in rpc.c

Note: With the NULL return values fixed in patch 1, these changes
are now safe and will not cause NULL pointer dereferences.

Signed-off-by: Hongling Zeng <zenghongling@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/subdev/gsp/rm/r535/ctrl.c | 2 +-
drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/subdev/gsp/rm/r535/rpc.c | 6 +++---
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/subdev/gsp/rm/r535/ctrl.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/subdev/gsp/rm/r535/ctrl.c
index 70b9ee911c5e..aa0ebd3dfb17 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/subdev/gsp/rm/r535/ctrl.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/subdev/gsp/rm/r535/ctrl.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ r535_gsp_rpc_rm_ctrl_push(struct nvkm_gsp_object *object, void **params, u32 rep
int ret = 0;

rpc = nvkm_gsp_rpc_push(gsp, rpc, NVKM_GSP_RPC_REPLY_RECV, repc);
- if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(rpc)) {
+ if (IS_ERR(rpc)) {
*params = NULL;
return PTR_ERR(rpc);
}
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/subdev/gsp/rm/r535/rpc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/subdev/gsp/rm/r535/rpc.c
index 7d9a089b2f2c..0c67c82e3968 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/subdev/gsp/rm/r535/rpc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/subdev/gsp/rm/r535/rpc.c
@@ -490,11 +490,11 @@ r535_gsp_msg_recv(struct nvkm_gsp *gsp, int fn, u32 gsp_rpc_len)

retry:
rpc = r535_gsp_msgq_peek(gsp, sizeof(*rpc), &retries);
- if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(rpc))
+ if (IS_ERR(rpc))
return rpc;

rpc = r535_gsp_msgq_recv(gsp, gsp_rpc_len, &retries);
- if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(rpc))
+ if (IS_ERR(rpc))
return rpc;

if (rpc->rpc_result) {
@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ r535_gsp_rpc_handle_reply(struct nvkm_gsp *gsp, u32 fn,
break;
case NVKM_GSP_RPC_REPLY_RECV:
reply = r535_gsp_msg_recv(gsp, fn, gsp_rpc_len);
- if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(reply))
+ if (!IS_ERR(reply))
repv = reply->data;
else
repv = reply;
--
2.25.1