[PATCH] nvmem: core: return error code instead of NULL from nvmem_device_get

From: Srinivas Kandagatla
Date: Tue Aug 07 2018 - 08:22:07 EST


nvmem_device_get() should return ERR_PTR() on error or valid pointer
on success, but one of the code path seems to return NULL, so fix it.

Reported-by: Niklas Cassel <niklas.cassel@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/nvmem/core.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/nvmem/core.c b/drivers/nvmem/core.c
index aa1657831b70..6f064002f439 100644
--- a/drivers/nvmem/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvmem/core.c
@@ -679,7 +679,7 @@ static struct nvmem_device *nvmem_find(const char *name)
d = bus_find_device_by_name(&nvmem_bus_type, NULL, name);

if (!d)
- return NULL;
+ return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);

return to_nvmem_device(d);
}
--
2.16.2