Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755608Ab2HFDWz (ORCPT ); Sun, 5 Aug 2012 23:22:55 -0400 Received: from mga02.intel.com ([134.134.136.20]:33681 "EHLO mga02.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755583Ab2HFDWc convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Sun, 5 Aug 2012 23:22:32 -0400 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.67,351,1309762800"; d="scan'208";a="182024304" From: "Gross, Mark" To: Julia Lawall CC: "kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org" , Arnd Bergmann , Greg Kroah-Hartman , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , Julia Lawall Subject: RE: [PATCH 5/6] drivers/char/tlclk.c: fix error return code Thread-Topic: [PATCH 5/6] drivers/char/tlclk.c: fix error return code Thread-Index: AQHNcvARe9rI/aKwJkqVxEYO/gu9pJdMHwXQ Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2012 03:22:29 +0000 Message-ID: References: <1344160356-387-1-git-send-email-Julia.Lawall@lip6.fr> <1344160356-387-6-git-send-email-Julia.Lawall@lip6.fr> In-Reply-To: <1344160356-387-6-git-send-email-Julia.Lawall@lip6.fr> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-originating-ip: [10.22.254.139] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1870 Lines: 68 Acked-by --mark Ps sorry for the outlook munged reply. -----Original Message----- From: Julia Lawall [mailto:Julia.Lawall@lip6.fr] Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2012 2:53 AM To: Gross, Mark Cc: kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org; Arnd Bergmann; Greg Kroah-Hartman; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; Julia Lawall Subject: [PATCH 5/6] drivers/char/tlclk.c: fix error return code From: Julia Lawall Convert a 0 error return code to a negative one, as returned elsewhere in the function. A simplified version of the semantic match that finds this problem is as follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) // @@ identifier ret; expression e,e1,e2,e3,e4,x; @@ ( if (\(ret != 0\|ret < 0\) || ...) { ... return ...; } | ret = 0 ) ... when != ret = e1 *x = \(kmalloc\|kzalloc\|kcalloc\|devm_kzalloc\|ioremap\|ioremap_nocache\|devm_ioremap\|devm_ioremap_nocache\)(...); ... when != x = e2 when != ret = e3 *if (x == NULL || ...) { ... when != ret = e4 * return ret; } // Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall --- drivers/char/tlclk.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/char/tlclk.c b/drivers/char/tlclk.c index ce29e7c..e95e0ab 100644 --- a/drivers/char/tlclk.c +++ b/drivers/char/tlclk.c @@ -784,8 +784,10 @@ static int __init tlclk_init(void) } tlclk_major = ret; alarm_events = kzalloc( sizeof(struct tlclk_alarms), GFP_KERNEL); - if (!alarm_events) + if (!alarm_events) { + ret = -ENOMEM; goto out1; + } /* Read telecom clock IRQ number (Set by BIOS) */ if (!request_region(TLCLK_BASE, 8, "telco_clock")) { -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/