Use ERR_CAST inlined function instead of ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(...)). net/bridge/br_multicast.c:1246:9-16: WARNING: ERR_CAST can be used with mp Generated by: scripts/coccinelle/api/err_cast.cocci Signed-off-by: Xu Wang <vulab@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/bridge/br_multicast.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/bridge/br_multicast.c b/net/bridge/br_multicast.c index 257ac4e25f6d..dfbb4dd01fa9 100644 --- a/net/bridge/br_multicast.c +++ b/net/bridge/br_multicast.c @@ -1243,7 +1243,7 @@ __br_multicast_add_group(struct net_bridge *br, mp = br_multicast_new_group(br, group); if (IS_ERR(mp)) - return ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(mp)); + return ERR_CAST(mp); if (!port) { br_multicast_host_join(mp, true); -- 2.17.1