[PATCH] PCC: fix dereference of ERR_PTR

From: Sudip Mukherjee
Date: Wed Sep 16 2015 - 10:04:45 EST


get_pcc_channel() does not return NULL on error it returns the error code
in ERR_PTR, but we have been checking it for NULL.

Signed-off-by: Sudip Mukherjee <sudip@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/mailbox/pcc.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/mailbox/pcc.c b/drivers/mailbox/pcc.c
index 68885a8..45d85ae 100644
--- a/drivers/mailbox/pcc.c
+++ b/drivers/mailbox/pcc.c
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ struct mbox_chan *pcc_mbox_request_channel(struct mbox_client *cl,
*/
chan = get_pcc_channel(subspace_id);

- if (!chan || chan->cl) {
+ if (IS_ERR(chan) || chan->cl) {
dev_err(dev, "Channel not found for idx: %d\n", subspace_id);
return ERR_PTR(-EBUSY);
}
--
1.9.1

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