On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 12:32:47PM +0200, Thierry Reding wrote:
> The drm_gem_cma_create() function never returns NULL but rather an error
> encoded in the return value using the ERR_PTR() macro. Callers therefore
> need to check for errors using the IS_ERR() macro. This change allows
> drivers to handle contiguous DMA allocation failures gracefully.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thierry Reding <thierry.reding at avionic-design.de>

Acked-by: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer at pengutronix.de>

Sascha

> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_cma_helper.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_cma_helper.c 
> b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_cma_helper.c
> index d6c80a3..fd9d0af 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_cma_helper.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_cma_helper.c
> @@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ static int drm_fbdev_cma_create(struct drm_fb_helper 
> *helper,
>  
>       size = mode_cmd.pitches[0] * mode_cmd.height;
>       obj = drm_gem_cma_create(dev, size);
> -     if (!obj)
> +     if (IS_ERR(obj))
>               return -ENOMEM;
>  
>       fbi = framebuffer_alloc(0, dev->dev);
> -- 
> 1.7.12.4
> 
> 

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