From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2017 17:27:37 +0100 A local variable was set to an error code before a concrete error situation was detected. Thus move the corresponding assignment into an if branch to indicate a software failure there. Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c index ed54147e3c60..5172115c4ef1 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c @@ -1173,9 +1173,10 @@ int __init nvram_scan_partitions(void) goto out; } tmp_part = kmalloc(sizeof(*tmp_part), GFP_KERNEL); - err = -ENOMEM; - if (!tmp_part) + if (!tmp_part) { + err = -ENOMEM; goto out; + } memcpy(&tmp_part->header, &phead, NVRAM_HEADER_LEN); tmp_part->index = cur_index; -- 2.11.0 -- 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