In case of error, the function add_volume returns an ERR pointer. The result of IS_ERR, which is supposed to be used in a test as it is, is here checked to be less than zero, which seems odd. We suggest to replace this test by a simple IS_ERR test. A simplified version of the semantic match that finds this problem is as follows: (http://www.emn.fr/x-info/coccinelle/) // <smpl> @def0@ expression x; position p0; @@ x@p0 = add_volume(...) @protected@ expression def0.x,E; position def0.p0; position p; statement S; @@ x@p0 ... when != x = E if (!IS_ERR(x) && ...) {<... x@p ...>} else S @unprotected@ expression def0.x,E; identifier fld; position def0.p0; position p != protected.p; @@ x@p0 ... when != x = E * x@p->fld // </smpl> Signed-off-by: Julien Brunel <brunel@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/mtd/ubi/scan.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -p -u a/drivers/mtd/ubi/scan.c b/drivers/mtd/ubi/scan.c --- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/scan.c +++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/scan.c @@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ int ubi_scan_add_used(struct ubi_device pnum, vol_id, lnum, ec, sqnum, bitflips); sv = add_volume(si, vol_id, pnum, vid_hdr); - if (IS_ERR(sv) < 0) + if (IS_ERR(sv)) return PTR_ERR(sv); if (si->max_sqnum < sqnum) -- 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