[ldv-project] [PATCH] sound: fix check for error condition of register_chrdev()

Alexey Khoroshilov khoroshilov at ispras.ru
Sat Nov 7 01:56:05 MSK 2015


init_oss_soundcore() compares returned value of register_chrdev()
with -1, while other error codes can be returned.

Found by Linux Driver Verification project (linuxtesting.org).

Signed-off-by: Alexey Khoroshilov <khoroshilov at ispras.ru>
---
 sound/sound_core.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/sound/sound_core.c b/sound/sound_core.c
index 11e953a1fa45..99b73c675743 100644
--- a/sound/sound_core.c
+++ b/sound/sound_core.c
@@ -655,7 +655,7 @@ static void cleanup_oss_soundcore(void)
 static int __init init_oss_soundcore(void)
 {
 	if (preclaim_oss &&
-	    register_chrdev(SOUND_MAJOR, "sound", &soundcore_fops) == -1) {
+	    register_chrdev(SOUND_MAJOR, "sound", &soundcore_fops) < 0) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "soundcore: sound device already in use.\n");
 		return -EBUSY;
 	}
-- 
1.9.1




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