On Mon, 22 Aug 2011, Larry Finger wrote: > On 08/22/2011 09:00 AM, Julia Lawall wrote: > > From: Julia Lawall<julia@xxxxxxx> > > > > Test the just-initialized value rather than some other one. > > > > The semantic match that finds this problem is as follows: > > (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) > > > > //<smpl> > > @r@ > > identifier x,y,f!={PTR_ERR,ERR_PTR,ERR_CAST}; > > statement S; > > @@ > > > > x = f(...); > > ( > > if (\(x == NULL\|IS_ERR(x)\)) S > > | > > *if (\(y == NULL\|IS_ERR(y)\)) > > { ... when != x > > return ...; } > > ) > > //</smpl> > > > > Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall<julia@xxxxxxx> > > > > --- > > drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/scan.c | 2 +- > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > > diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/scan.c > > b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/scan.c > > index b28241c..d3111c9 100644 > > --- a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/scan.c > > +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/scan.c > > @@ -1480,7 +1480,7 @@ mwifiex_update_curr_bss_params(struct mwifiex_private > > *priv, > > return -ENOMEM; > > } > > beacon_ie = kzalloc(ie_len, GFP_KERNEL); > > - if (!bss_desc) { > > + if (!beacon_ie) { > > dev_err(priv->adapter->dev, " failed to alloc bss_desc\n"); > > return -ENOMEM; > > } > > The error message should also get the bss_desc => beacon_ie chang. Thanks. Pierre Louis Aublin made the same observation and I resumitted the patch. julia -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
