From: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> sdhci_alloc_host returns an ERR_PTR value in an error case instead of NULL. A simplified version of the semantic match that finds this problem is as follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) // <smpl> @match exists@ expression x, E; statement S1, S2; @@ x = sdhci_alloc_host(...) ... when != x = E ( * if (x == NULL || ...) S1 else S2 | * if (x == NULL && ...) S1 else S2 ) // </smpl> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-of.c | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-of.c b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-of.c index d79fa55..fb00bc5 100644 --- a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-of.c +++ b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-of.c @@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ static int __devinit sdhci_of_probe(struct of_device *ofdev, return -ENODEV; host = sdhci_alloc_host(&ofdev->dev, sizeof(*of_host)); - if (!host) + if (IS_ERR(host)) return -ENOMEM; of_host = sdhci_priv(host); -- 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