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/wan/cosa.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/drivers/net/wan/cosa.c b/drivers/net/wan/cosa.c index 88d121d..bcfa01a 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wan/cosa.c +++ b/drivers/net/wan/cosa.c @@ -579,6 +579,7 @@ static int cosa_probe(int base, int irq, int dma) /* Register the network interface */ if (!(chan->netdev = alloc_hdlcdev(chan))) { pr_warn("%s: alloc_hdlcdev failed\n", chan->name); + err = -ENOMEM; goto err_hdlcdev; } dev_to_hdlc(chan->netdev)->attach = cosa_net_attach; -- 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