From 7091e42081d11ca545df7271163dcdae3dd85d23 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:12:43 -0200 Subject: [PATCH] thinkpad-acpi: don't leave ERR_PTR() pointers around backlight_device_register returns ERR_PTR() in case of problems, and the current code would leave that ERR_PTR in ibm_backlight_device. The current code paths won't touch it in that situation, but that could change. Make sure to set ibm_backlight_device to NULL in the error path. Signed-off-by: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh --- drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c index f78d2750392..b789ee8bc14 100644 --- a/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/thinkpad_acpi.c @@ -6010,8 +6010,10 @@ static int __init brightness_init(struct ibm_init_struct *iibm) TPACPI_BACKLIGHT_DEV_NAME, NULL, NULL, &ibm_backlight_data); if (IS_ERR(ibm_backlight_device)) { + int rc = PTR_ERR(ibm_backlight_device); + ibm_backlight_device = NULL; printk(TPACPI_ERR "Could not register backlight device\n"); - return PTR_ERR(ibm_backlight_device); + return rc; } vdbg_printk(TPACPI_DBG_INIT | TPACPI_DBG_BRGHT, "brightness is supported\n"); -- 2.11.4.GIT