Apply PTR_ERR to the value that was recently assigned. The semantic match that finds this problem is as follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) // <smpl> @@ expression x,y; @@ if (IS_ERR(x) || ...) { ... when any when != IS_ERR(...) ( PTR_ERR(x) | * PTR_ERR(y) ) ... when any } // </smpl> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/spi/spi-ep93xx.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-ep93xx.c b/drivers/spi/spi-ep93xx.c index bb00be8..1a7696c 100644 --- a/drivers/spi/spi-ep93xx.c +++ b/drivers/spi/spi-ep93xx.c @@ -567,7 +567,8 @@ static void ep93xx_spi_dma_transfer(struct ep93xx_spi *espi) txd = ep93xx_spi_dma_prepare(espi, DMA_MEM_TO_DEV); if (IS_ERR(txd)) { ep93xx_spi_dma_finish(espi, DMA_DEV_TO_MEM); - dev_err(&espi->pdev->dev, "DMA TX failed: %ld\n", PTR_ERR(rxd)); + dev_err(&espi->pdev->dev, "DMA TX failed: %ld\n", + PTR_ERR(txd)); msg->status = PTR_ERR(txd); return; } -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-spi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html