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> --- net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c index 4142aac..9ef5438 100644 --- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c @@ -1002,8 +1002,10 @@ static int __init nfnetlink_log_init(void) #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS if (!proc_create("nfnetlink_log", 0440, - proc_net_netfilter, &nful_file_ops)) + proc_net_netfilter, &nful_file_ops)) { + status = -ENOMEM; goto cleanup_logger; + } #endif return status; -- 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