From: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> Error codes are stored in err, but the return value is always 0. Return err instead. The semantic match that finds this problem is as follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) // <smpl> @r@ local idexpression x; constant C; @@ if (...) { ... x = -C ... when != x ( return <+...x...+>; | return NULL; | return; | * return ...; ) } // </smpl> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> --- This changes the semantics of the function and has not been tested. net/ax25/af_ax25.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/ax25/af_ax25.c b/net/ax25/af_ax25.c index cfdfd7e..26eaebf 100644 --- a/net/ax25/af_ax25.c +++ b/net/ax25/af_ax25.c @@ -1103,7 +1103,7 @@ done: out: release_sock(sk); - return 0; + return err; } /* -- 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