On 2021/5/21 19:48, Greg KH wrote: > On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 10:30:32AM +0800, YueHaibing wrote: >> A coccicheck run provided information like the following. >> >> ./drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_fs.c:3832:9-16: >> WARNING: ERR_CAST can be used with data >> >> Use ERR_CAST to fix this. >> >> Signed-off-by: YueHaibing <yuehaibing@xxxxxxxxxx> >> --- >> drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_fs.c | 2 +- >> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) >> >> diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_fs.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_fs.c >> index bf109191659a..61110ff52f49 100644 >> --- a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_fs.c >> +++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_fs.c >> @@ -3829,7 +3829,7 @@ static char *ffs_prepare_buffer(const char __user *buf, size_t len) >> >> data = memdup_user(buf, len); >> if (IS_ERR(data)) >> - return ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(data)); >> + return ERR_CAST(data); > > This should just be: > return PTR_ERR(data); > right? ffs_prepare_buffer() should return an ERR_PTR() encoded error code on failure, maybe there just do: return data; > > No need for 2 casts to happen here. > > thanks, > > greg k-h > . >