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/lmc/lmc_main.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/drivers/net/wan/lmc/lmc_main.c b/drivers/net/wan/lmc/lmc_main.c index bea0f31..317bc79 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wan/lmc/lmc_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/wan/lmc/lmc_main.c @@ -850,6 +850,7 @@ static int lmc_init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent) dev = alloc_hdlcdev(sc); if (!dev) { printk(KERN_ERR "lmc:alloc_netdev for device failed\n"); + err = -ENOMEM; goto err_hdlcdev; } -- 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