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char: misc: Use IS_ERR() for filp_open() return value

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filp_open() never returns NULL, it returns either a valid pointer or an
error pointer. Using IS_ERR_OR_NULL() is unnecessary. Additionally, if
filp were NULL, PTR_ERR(NULL) would return 0, leading to a misleading
error message.

Fixes: 74d8361be3 ("char: misc: add test cases")
Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@linaro.org>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/r/202506132058.thWZHlrb-lkp@intel.com/
Signed-off-by: Alper Ak <alperyasinak1@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@igalia.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251226230248.113073-1-alperyasinak1@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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Alper Ak 2025-12-27 02:02:48 +03:00 • committed by Greg Kroah-Hartman
parent dad9f13d96
commit e849ada70c
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drivers/char/misc_minor_kunit.c
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@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ static void __init miscdev_test_can_open(struct kunit *test, struct miscdevice *
KUNIT_FAIL(test, "failed to create node\n");
filp = filp_open(devname, O_RDONLY, 0);
if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(filp))
if (IS_ERR(filp))
KUNIT_FAIL(test, "failed to open misc device: %ld\n", PTR_ERR(filp));
else
fput(filp);