From: Julien Brunel <brunel@xxxxxxx> In case of error, the function rxrpc_get_transport returns an ERR pointer, but never returns a NULL pointer. So after a call to this function, a NULL test should be replaced by an IS_ERR test. A simplified version of the semantic patch that makes this change is as follows: (http://www.emn.fr/x-info/coccinelle/) // <smpl> @correct_null_test@ expression x,E; statement S1, S2; @@ x = rxrpc_get_transport(...) <... when != x = E if ( ( - x@p2 != NULL + ! IS_ERR ( x ) | - x@p2 == NULL + IS_ERR( x ) ) ) S1 else S2 ...> ? x = E; // </smpl> Signed-off-by: Julien Brunel <brunel@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> --- net/rxrpc/ar-accept.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -u -p a/net/rxrpc/ar-accept.c b/net/rxrpc/ar-accept.c --- a/net/rxrpc/ar-accept.c +++ b/net/rxrpc/ar-accept.c @@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ static int rxrpc_accept_incoming_call(st trans = rxrpc_get_transport(local, peer, GFP_NOIO); rxrpc_put_peer(peer); - if (!trans) { + if (IS_ERR(trans)) { _debug("no trans"); ret = -EBUSY; goto error; -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html