rapidio: fix potential NULL pointer dereference

The change fixes improper check for a returned error value by
class_create() function, which on error returns ERR_PTR() value, thus the
original check always results in a dead code on error path.

Signed-off-by: Vladimir Zapolskiy <vz@mleia.com>
Signed-off-by: Alexandre Bounine <alexandre.bounine@idt.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Vladimir Zapolskiy 2016-04-28 16:19:06 -07:00 коммит произвёл Linus Torvalds
Родитель c2e7e00b71
Коммит 99f23c2cde
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@ -2669,9 +2669,9 @@ static int __init mport_init(void)
/* Create device class needed by udev */ /* Create device class needed by udev */
dev_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, DRV_NAME); dev_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, DRV_NAME);
if (!dev_class) { if (IS_ERR(dev_class)) {
rmcd_error("Unable to create " DRV_NAME " class"); rmcd_error("Unable to create " DRV_NAME " class");
return -EINVAL; return PTR_ERR(dev_class);
} }
ret = alloc_chrdev_region(&dev_number, 0, RIO_MAX_MPORTS, DRV_NAME); ret = alloc_chrdev_region(&dev_number, 0, RIO_MAX_MPORTS, DRV_NAME);