From: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@xxxxxxx> Initialize return variable before exiting on an error path. A simplified version of the semantic match that finds this problem is as follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) // <smpl> ( if@p1 (\(ret < 0\|ret != 0\)) { ... return ret; } | ret@p1 = 0 ) ... when != ret = e1 when != &ret *if(...) { ... when != ret = e2 when forall return ret; } // </smpl> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/power/ab8500_btemp.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/drivers/power/ab8500_btemp.c b/drivers/power/ab8500_btemp.c index bba3cca..2b76943 100644 --- a/drivers/power/ab8500_btemp.c +++ b/drivers/power/ab8500_btemp.c @@ -1014,6 +1014,7 @@ static int __devinit ab8500_btemp_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) create_singlethread_workqueue("ab8500_btemp_wq"); if (di->btemp_wq == NULL) { dev_err(di->dev, "failed to create work queue\n"); + ret = -ENOMEM; goto free_device_info; } -- 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