On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 10:43 AM, Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@xxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@xxxxxxx> > > Typically, the return value desired for the failure of a function with an > integer return value is a negative integer. In these cases, the return > value is sometimes a negative integer and sometimes 0, due to a subsequent > initialization of the return variable within the loop. > > A simplified version of the semantic match that finds this problem is: > (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) > > //<smpl> > @r exists@ > identifier ret; > position p; > constant C; > expression e1,e3,e4; > statement S; > @@ > > ret = -C > ... when != ret = e3 > when any > if@p (...) S > ... when any > if (\(ret != 0\|ret < 0\|ret > 0\) || ...) { ... return ...; } > ... when != ret = e3 > when any > *if@p (...) > { > ... when != ret = e4 > return ret; > } > //</smpl> > > Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@xxxxxxx> > > --- > drivers/pci/hotplug/cpqphp_core.c | 14 ++++++++++---- > drivers/pci/hotplug/pcihp_skeleton.c | 14 ++++++++++---- > drivers/pci/hotplug/shpchp_core.c | 14 ++++++++++---- > 3 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) I squashed this patch and patch [1/6] (for the same problem in drivers/pci/hotplug/cpci_hotplug_core.c) and applied it to my "next" branch. Thanks! > diff --git a/drivers/pci/hotplug/cpqphp_core.c b/drivers/pci/hotplug/cpqphp_core.c > index 187a199..c8eaeb4 100644 > --- a/drivers/pci/hotplug/cpqphp_core.c > +++ b/drivers/pci/hotplug/cpqphp_core.c > @@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ static int ctrl_slot_setup(struct controller *ctrl, > u32 tempdword; > char name[SLOT_NAME_SIZE]; > void __iomem *slot_entry= NULL; > - int result = -ENOMEM; > + int result; > > dbg("%s\n", __func__); > > @@ -623,19 +623,25 @@ static int ctrl_slot_setup(struct controller *ctrl, > > while (number_of_slots) { > slot = kzalloc(sizeof(*slot), GFP_KERNEL); > - if (!slot) > + if (!slot) { > + result = -ENOMEM; > goto error; > + } > > slot->hotplug_slot = kzalloc(sizeof(*(slot->hotplug_slot)), > GFP_KERNEL); > - if (!slot->hotplug_slot) > + if (!slot->hotplug_slot) { > + result = -ENOMEM; > goto error_slot; > + } > hotplug_slot = slot->hotplug_slot; > > hotplug_slot->info = kzalloc(sizeof(*(hotplug_slot->info)), > GFP_KERNEL); > - if (!hotplug_slot->info) > + if (!hotplug_slot->info) { > + result = -ENOMEM; > goto error_hpslot; > + } > hotplug_slot_info = hotplug_slot->info; > > slot->ctrl = ctrl; > diff --git a/drivers/pci/hotplug/pcihp_skeleton.c b/drivers/pci/hotplug/pcihp_skeleton.c > index b20ceaa..1f00b93 100644 > --- a/drivers/pci/hotplug/pcihp_skeleton.c > +++ b/drivers/pci/hotplug/pcihp_skeleton.c > @@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ static int __init init_slots(void) > struct slot *slot; > struct hotplug_slot *hotplug_slot; > struct hotplug_slot_info *info; > - int retval = -ENOMEM; > + int retval; > int i; > > /* > @@ -261,17 +261,23 @@ static int __init init_slots(void) > */ > for (i = 0; i < num_slots; ++i) { > slot = kzalloc(sizeof(*slot), GFP_KERNEL); > - if (!slot) > + if (!slot) { > + retval = -ENOMEM; > goto error; > + } > > hotplug_slot = kzalloc(sizeof(*hotplug_slot), GFP_KERNEL); > - if (!hotplug_slot) > + if (!hotplug_slot) { > + retval = -ENOMEM; > goto error_slot; > + } > slot->hotplug_slot = hotplug_slot; > > info = kzalloc(sizeof(*info), GFP_KERNEL); > - if (!info) > + if (!info) { > + retval = -ENOMEM; > goto error_hpslot; > + } > hotplug_slot->info = info; > > slot->number = i; > diff --git a/drivers/pci/hotplug/shpchp_core.c b/drivers/pci/hotplug/shpchp_core.c > index 7414fd9..b6de307 100644 > --- a/drivers/pci/hotplug/shpchp_core.c > +++ b/drivers/pci/hotplug/shpchp_core.c > @@ -99,22 +99,28 @@ static int init_slots(struct controller *ctrl) > struct hotplug_slot *hotplug_slot; > struct hotplug_slot_info *info; > char name[SLOT_NAME_SIZE]; > - int retval = -ENOMEM; > + int retval; > int i; > > for (i = 0; i < ctrl->num_slots; i++) { > slot = kzalloc(sizeof(*slot), GFP_KERNEL); > - if (!slot) > + if (!slot) { > + retval = -ENOMEM; > goto error; > + } > > hotplug_slot = kzalloc(sizeof(*hotplug_slot), GFP_KERNEL); > - if (!hotplug_slot) > + if (!hotplug_slot) { > + retval = -ENOMEM; > goto error_slot; > + } > slot->hotplug_slot = hotplug_slot; > > info = kzalloc(sizeof(*info), GFP_KERNEL); > - if (!info) > + if (!info) { > + retval = -ENOMEM; > goto error_hpslot; > + } > hotplug_slot->info = info; > > slot->hp_slot = i; > -- 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