From: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> Test the just-initialized value rather than some other one. The semantic match that finds this problem is as follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) // <smpl> @r@ identifier x,y,f!={PTR_ERR,ERR_PTR,ERR_CAST}; statement S; @@ x = f(...); ( if (\(x == NULL\|IS_ERR(x)\)) S | *if (\(y == NULL\|IS_ERR(y)\)) { ... when != x return ...; } ) // </smpl> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/scan.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/scan.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/scan.c index b28241c..d3111c9 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/scan.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/scan.c @@ -1480,7 +1480,7 @@ mwifiex_update_curr_bss_params(struct mwifiex_private *priv, return -ENOMEM; } beacon_ie = kzalloc(ie_len, GFP_KERNEL); - if (!bss_desc) { + if (!beacon_ie) { dev_err(priv->adapter->dev, " failed to alloc bss_desc\n"); return -ENOMEM; } -- 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