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 - 05:59:53 EST


On Thu, Aug 22, 2024 at 11:43 AM Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> 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.

BTW, which tree is this patch against?

This issue has been addressed in my linux-next branch already AFAICS.