From: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> Normally, kzalloc returns NULL or a valid pointer value, not a value to be tested using IS_ERR. Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> --- diff -u -p a/crypto/cryptd.c b/crypto/cryptd.c --- a/crypto/cryptd.c 2008-04-16 13:27:56.000000000 +0200 +++ b/crypto/cryptd.c 2008-04-29 16:13:10.000000000 +0200 @@ -190,8 +190,10 @@ static struct crypto_instance *cryptd_al int err; inst = kzalloc(sizeof(*inst) + sizeof(*ctx), GFP_KERNEL); - if (IS_ERR(inst)) + if (!inst) { + inst = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM); goto out; + } err = -ENAMETOOLONG; if (snprintf(inst->alg.cra_driver_name, CRYPTO_MAX_ALG_NAME, -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-crypto" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html