On Wed, 06 Aug 2014, Julia Lawall wrote: > From: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@xxxxxxx> > > Convert a zero return value on error to a negative one, as returned > elsewhere in the function. > > 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/mfd/menelaus.c | 4 +++- > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/mfd/menelaus.c b/drivers/mfd/menelaus.c > index 5e2667a..16070d8 100644 > --- a/drivers/mfd/menelaus.c > +++ b/drivers/mfd/menelaus.c > @@ -1240,8 +1240,10 @@ static int menelaus_probe(struct i2c_client *client, > pr_info("Menelaus rev %d.%d\n", rev >> 4, rev & 0x0f); > > val = menelaus_read_reg(MENELAUS_VCORE_CTRL1); > - if (val < 0) > + if (val < 0) { > + err = val; > goto fail; > + } I'd prefer it if you could s/val/err and remove val altogether. While you're there, if you can s/(1 << 7)/BIT(7), that would be great too. If you don't have time, or just don't want to do it, I will be happy to submit a patch instead with your Reported-by. Your call. > if (val & (1 << 7)) > menelaus->vcore_hw_mode = 1; > else > -- Lee Jones Linaro STMicroelectronics Landing Team Lead Linaro.org │ Open source software for ARM SoCs Follow Linaro: Facebook | Twitter | Blog -- 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