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Subject[PATCH 4.14 020/218] scsi: megaraid: Fix error check return value of register_chrdev()
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From: Lv Ruyi <lv.ruyi@zte.com.cn>

[ Upstream commit c5acd61dbb32b6bda0f3a354108f2b8dcb788985 ]

If major equals 0, register_chrdev() returns an error code when it fails.
This function dynamically allocates a major and returns its number on
success, so we should use "< 0" to check it instead of "!".

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220418105755.2558828-1-lv.ruyi@zte.com.cn
Reported-by: Zeal Robot <zealci@zte.com.cn>
Signed-off-by: Lv Ruyi <lv.ruyi@zte.com.cn>
Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
drivers/scsi/megaraid.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/megaraid.c b/drivers/scsi/megaraid.c
index f5c09bbf9374..eed6d45b8025 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/megaraid.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/megaraid.c
@@ -4707,7 +4707,7 @@ static int __init megaraid_init(void)
* major number allocation.
*/
major = register_chrdev(0, "megadev_legacy", &megadev_fops);
- if (!major) {
+ if (major < 0) {
printk(KERN_WARNING
"megaraid: failed to register char device\n");
}
--
2.35.1


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