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/nfc/pn533.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/nfc/pn533.c b/drivers/nfc/pn533.c index d46a700..732e607 100644 --- a/drivers/nfc/pn533.c +++ b/drivers/nfc/pn533.c @@ -2554,8 +2554,10 @@ static int pn533_data_exchange_complete(struct pn533 *dev, void *_arg, } skb = pn533_build_response(dev); - if (!skb) + if (!skb) { + rc = -ENOMEM; goto error; + } arg->cb(arg->cb_context, skb, 0); kfree(arg); -- 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