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> The patch also modifies the test of mgp->cmd to satisfy checkpatch. Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/ethernet/myricom/myri10ge/myri10ge.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/myricom/myri10ge/myri10ge.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/myricom/myri10ge/myri10ge.c index af09905..71af98b 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/myricom/myri10ge/myri10ge.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/myricom/myri10ge/myri10ge.c @@ -4033,8 +4033,10 @@ static int myri10ge_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent) (void)pci_set_consistent_dma_mask(pdev, DMA_BIT_MASK(64)); mgp->cmd = dma_alloc_coherent(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*mgp->cmd), &mgp->cmd_bus, GFP_KERNEL); - if (mgp->cmd == NULL) + if (!mgp->cmd) { + status = -ENOMEM; goto abort_with_enabled; + } mgp->board_span = pci_resource_len(pdev, 0); mgp->iomem_base = pci_resource_start(pdev, 0); -- 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