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drm/panel: himax-hx83121a: Fix incorrect error check for devm_drm_panel_alloc()
authorChen Ni <nichen@iscas.ac.cn>
Fri, 27 Mar 2026 02:17:28 +0000 (10:17 +0800)
committerNeil Armstrong <neil.armstrong@linaro.org>
Tue, 5 May 2026 12:43:36 +0000 (14:43 +0200)
commit50987d4e6c55929aa2d4d3976e74ccbae22d5017
treebb366b22d87e3a0eb4c9ab3bb7a64b4015b9a777
parent3780c41460a9ad6d5d4c09a416765c6cc285033b
drm/panel: himax-hx83121a: Fix incorrect error check for devm_drm_panel_alloc()

Check devm_drm_panel_alloc() return value for ERR_PTR instead of NULL.
devm_drm_panel_alloc() returns an ERR_PTR on failure, never NULL. Using
a NULL check skips the error path and may cause a NULL pointer
dereference.

Fixes: a7c61963b727 ("drm/panel: Add Himax HX83121A panel driver")
Signed-off-by: Chen Ni <nichen@iscas.ac.cn>
Reviewed-by: Pengyu Luo <mitltlatltl@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Neil Armstrong <neil.armstrong@linaro.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260327021728.647182-1-nichen@iscas.ac.cn
drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-himax-hx83121a.c