From: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@xxxxxxx> Convert a zero return value on error 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/) // <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 at lip6.fr> --- kernel/kexec.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/kexec.c b/kernel/kexec.c index 0b49a0a..dcd7a1f 100644 --- a/kernel/kexec.c +++ b/kernel/kexec.c @@ -2212,8 +2212,10 @@ static int kexec_calculate_store_digests(struct kimage *image) sha_region_sz = KEXEC_SEGMENT_MAX * sizeof(struct kexec_sha_region); sha_regions = vzalloc(sha_region_sz); - if (!sha_regions) + if (!sha_regions) { + ret = -ENOMEM; goto out_free_desc; + } desc->tfm = tfm; desc->flags = 0;