From e849ada70c6b1ee22e9f4f5c0e38231dcee53f04 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alper Ak Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2025 02:02:48 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] char: misc: Use IS_ERR() for filp_open() return value 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: 74d8361be344 ("char: misc: add test cases") Reported-by: kernel test robot Reported-by: Dan Carpenter Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/r/202506132058.thWZHlrb-lkp@intel.com/ Signed-off-by: Alper Ak Acked-by: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251226230248.113073-1-alperyasinak1@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/char/misc_minor_kunit.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/char/misc_minor_kunit.c b/drivers/char/misc_minor_kunit.c index 6fc8b05169c5..e930c78e1ef9 100644 --- a/drivers/char/misc_minor_kunit.c +++ b/drivers/char/misc_minor_kunit.c @@ -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); -- 2.47.3