Return a negative error code on failure. A simplified version of the semantic match that finds this problem is as follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) // <smpl> @@ identifier ret; expression e1,e2; @@ ( if (\(ret < 0\|ret != 0\)) { ... return ret; } | ret = 0 ) ... when != ret = e1 when != &ret *if(...) { ... when != ret = e2 when forall return ret; } // </smpl> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/ethernet/allwinner/sun4i-emac.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/allwinner/sun4i-emac.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/allwinner/sun4i-emac.c index 1fcd556..cfdf7de 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/allwinner/sun4i-emac.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/allwinner/sun4i-emac.c @@ -850,8 +850,10 @@ static int emac_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) } db->clk = devm_clk_get(&pdev->dev, NULL); - if (IS_ERR(db->clk)) + if (IS_ERR(db->clk)) { + ret = PTR_ERR(db->clk); goto out; + } clk_prepare_enable(db->clk); -- 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