map_destroy dereferences its argument. The call is furthermore only reachable when this argument is NULL. Thus the call is dropped. The semantic match that finds this problem is as follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) // <smpl> @@ expression *x; @@ *if (x == NULL) { ... * map_destroy(x); ... return ...; } // </smpl> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/mtd/maps/ts5500_flash.c | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/mtd/maps/ts5500_flash.c b/drivers/mtd/maps/ts5500_flash.c index e2147bf..e02dfa9 100644 --- a/drivers/mtd/maps/ts5500_flash.c +++ b/drivers/mtd/maps/ts5500_flash.c @@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ static int __init init_ts5500_map(void) return 0; err1: - map_destroy(mymtd); iounmap(ts5500_map.virt); err2: return rc; -- 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