pps: using ERR_PTR instead of NULL while pps_register_source fails
pps_register_source() has keeps error codes in a local variable,
but it does not make use of the code. This patch let it return
the errcode in case of failure.
Suggested-by: Richard Cochran <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: YueHaibing <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Rodolfo Giometti <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
diff --git a/drivers/pps/kapi.c b/drivers/pps/kapi.c
index 805c749..a1c3cd3 100644
--- a/drivers/pps/kapi.c
+++ b/drivers/pps/kapi.c
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ static void pps_echo_client_default(struct pps_device *pps, int event,
* source is described by info's fields and it will have, as default PPS
* parameters, the ones specified into default_params.
*
- * The function returns, in case of success, the PPS device. Otherwise NULL.
+ * The function returns, in case of success, the PPS device. Otherwise
+ * ERR_PTR(errno).
*/
struct pps_device *pps_register_source(struct pps_source_info *info,
@@ -135,7 +136,7 @@ struct pps_device *pps_register_source(struct pps_source_info *info,
pps_register_source_exit:
pr_err("%s: unable to register source\n", info->name);
- return NULL;
+ return ERR_PTR(err);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(pps_register_source);
