From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-8.7 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, INCLUDES_PATCH,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_PASS,UNPARSEABLE_RELAY, URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_AGENT_GIT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B64CC04EBD for ; Tue, 16 Oct 2018 10:02:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D2BA20881 for ; Tue, 16 Oct 2018 10:02:19 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 4D2BA20881 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=fail (p=none dis=none) header.from=collabora.com Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727076AbeJPRv5 (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Oct 2018 13:51:57 -0400 Received: from bhuna.collabora.co.uk ([46.235.227.227]:40324 "EHLO bhuna.collabora.co.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726083AbeJPRv5 (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Oct 2018 13:51:57 -0400 Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (Authenticated sender: eballetbo) with ESMTPSA id 0204F263AA6 From: Enric Balletbo i Serra To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: kernel@collabora.com, Chanwoo Choi , Kyungmin Park , MyungJoo Ham , linux-pm@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH] PM / devfreq: Fix static checker warning in try_then_request_governor Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2018 12:02:03 +0200 Message-Id: <20181016100203.18624-1-enric.balletbo@collabora.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.19.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org The patch 23c7b54ca1cd: "PM / devfreq: Fix devfreq_add_device() when drivers are built as modules." leads to the following static checker warning: drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c:1043 governor_store() warn: 'governor' can also be NULL The reason is that the try_then_request_governor() function returns both error pointers and NULL. It should just return error pointers, so fix this by returning a ERR_PTR to the error intead of returning NULL. Fixes: 23c7b54ca1cd ("PM / devfreq: Fix devfreq_add_device() when drivers are built as modules.") Reported-by: Dan Carpenter Signed-off-by: Enric Balletbo i Serra --- drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c index 62ead442a872..b10124c7308f 100644 --- a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c +++ b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c @@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ static struct devfreq_governor *find_devfreq_governor(const char *name) * if is not found. This can happen when both drivers (the governor driver * and the driver that call devfreq_add_device) are built as modules. * devfreq_list_lock should be held by the caller. Returns the matched - * governor's pointer. + * governor's pointer or an error pointer. */ static struct devfreq_governor *try_then_request_governor(const char *name) { @@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ static struct devfreq_governor *try_then_request_governor(const char *name) /* Restore previous state before return */ mutex_lock(&devfreq_list_lock); if (err) - return NULL; + return ERR_PTR(err); governor = find_devfreq_governor(name); } -- 2.19.1