From: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> Use ERR_CAST(x) rather than ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(x)). The former makes more clear what is the purpose of the operation, which otherwise looks like a no-op. The semantic patch that makes this change is as follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) // <smpl> @@ type T; T x; identifier f; @@ T f (...) { <+... - ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(x)) + x ...+> } @@ expression x; @@ - ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(x)) + ERR_CAST(x) // </smpl> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> --- mm/vmalloc.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -u -p a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c --- a/mm/vmalloc.c +++ b/mm/vmalloc.c @@ -732,7 +732,7 @@ static struct vmap_block *new_vmap_block node, gfp_mask); if (unlikely(IS_ERR(va))) { kfree(vb); - return ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(va)); + return ERR_CAST(va); } err = radix_tree_preload(gfp_mask); -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxx For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>