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/mellanox/mlxsw/pci.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/pci.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/pci.c index a34f474..045f98f 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/pci.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/pci.c @@ -1726,6 +1726,7 @@ static int mlxsw_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *id) mlxsw_pci_dbg_root); if (!mlxsw_pci->dbg_dir) { dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Failed to create debugfs dir\n"); + err = -ENOMEM; goto err_dbg_create_dir; } -- 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