Re: [PATCH 19/25] fix error return code

From: Geert Uytterhoeven
Date: Sun Dec 29 2013 - 16:58:10 EST


On Sun, Dec 29, 2013 at 11:47 PM, Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@xxxxxxx>
>
> Set the return variable to an error code as done elsewhere in the function.
>
> A simplified version of the semantic match that finds this problem is as
> follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/)
>
> // <smpl>
> (
> if@p1 (\(ret < 0\|ret != 0\))
> { ... return ret; }
> |
> ret@p1 = 0
> )
> ... when != ret = e1
> when != &ret
> *if(...)
> {
> ... when != ret = e2
> when forall
> return ret;
> }
>
> // </smpl>
>
> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@xxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> Not tested.
>
> drivers/scsi/ps3rom.c | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/ps3rom.c b/drivers/scsi/ps3rom.c
> index e6e2a30..04d77ce 100644
> --- a/drivers/scsi/ps3rom.c
> +++ b/drivers/scsi/ps3rom.c
> @@ -387,6 +387,7 @@ static int ps3rom_probe(struct ps3_system_bus_device *_dev)
> if (!host) {
> dev_err(&dev->sbd.core, "%s:%u: scsi_host_alloc failed\n",
> __func__, __LINE__);
> + error = -ENOMEM;
> goto fail_teardown;

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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