Re: [PATCH 10/11] ah6: fix error return code

From: Herbert Xu
Date: Mon Aug 24 2015 - 08:13:57 EST


On Sun, Aug 23, 2015 at 02:11:21AM +0200, Julia Lawall wrote:
> Return a negative error code on failure.
>
> A simplified version of the semantic match that finds this problem is as
> follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/)
>
> // <smpl>
> @@
> identifier ret; expression e1,e2;
> @@
> (
> if (\(ret < 0\|ret != 0\))
> { ... return ret; }
> |
> ret = 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: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

This problem exists in net/ipv4/ah4.c too, right?

Thanks,
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