Re: [PATCH v1] drivers:testing:Fix the NULL vs IS_ERR() bug for debugfs_create_dir()

From: Rafael J. Wysocki
Date: Thu Aug 22 2024 - 05:50:16 EST


On Thu, Aug 22, 2024 at 4:59 AM Yang Ruibin <11162571@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> The debugfs_create_dir() function returns error pointers.
> It never returns NULL. So use IS_ERR() to check it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Yang Ruibin <11162571@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/thermal/testing/zone.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/thermal/testing/zone.c b/drivers/thermal/testing/zone.c
> index fcee12b152da..26f0f80a6a5d 100644
> --- a/drivers/thermal/testing/zone.c
> +++ b/drivers/thermal/testing/zone.c
> @@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ static void tt_add_tz_work_fn(struct work_struct *work)
>
> snprintf(f_name, TT_MAX_FILE_NAME_LENGTH, "tz%d", tt_zone->id);
> tt_zone->d_tt_zone = debugfs_create_dir(f_name, d_testing);
> - if (!tt_zone->d_tt_zone) {
> + if (IS_ERR(tt_zone->d_tt_zone)) {
> tt_zone_free(tt_zone);
> return;
> }
> --

Thanks for catching this, but I'll just redo the patch while it is still fresh.