The patch titled crypto: use ERR_CAST has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is crypto-use-err_cast.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: crypto: use ERR_CAST 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> Cc: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- crypto/authenc.c | 2 +- crypto/ctr.c | 2 +- crypto/xts.c | 2 +- 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff -puN crypto/authenc.c~crypto-use-err_cast crypto/authenc.c --- a/crypto/authenc.c~crypto-use-err_cast +++ a/crypto/authenc.c @@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ static struct crypto_instance *crypto_au auth = ahash_attr_alg(tb[1], CRYPTO_ALG_TYPE_HASH, CRYPTO_ALG_TYPE_AHASH_MASK); if (IS_ERR(auth)) - return ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(auth)); + return ERR_CAST(auth); auth_base = &auth->base; diff -puN crypto/ctr.c~crypto-use-err_cast crypto/ctr.c --- a/crypto/ctr.c~crypto-use-err_cast +++ a/crypto/ctr.c @@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ static struct crypto_instance *crypto_ct alg = crypto_attr_alg(tb[1], CRYPTO_ALG_TYPE_CIPHER, CRYPTO_ALG_TYPE_MASK); if (IS_ERR(alg)) - return ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(alg)); + return ERR_CAST(alg); /* Block size must be >= 4 bytes. */ err = -EINVAL; diff -puN crypto/xts.c~crypto-use-err_cast crypto/xts.c --- a/crypto/xts.c~crypto-use-err_cast +++ a/crypto/xts.c @@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ static struct crypto_instance *alloc(str alg = crypto_get_attr_alg(tb, CRYPTO_ALG_TYPE_CIPHER, CRYPTO_ALG_TYPE_MASK); if (IS_ERR(alg)) - return ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(alg)); + return ERR_CAST(alg); inst = crypto_alloc_instance("xts", alg); if (IS_ERR(inst)) _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from julia@xxxxxxx are origin.patch linux-next.patch drivers-scsi-aacraid-eliminate-use-after-free.patch arch-x86-pci-use-kasprintf.patch fs-btrfs-use-memdup_user.patch drivers-media-use-memdup_user.patch drivers-i2c-use-memdup_user.patch drivers-ieee1394-use-memdup_user.patch drivers-infiniband-core-use-memdup_user.patch drivers-ide-use-memdup_user.patch drivers-isdn-use-memdup_user.patch net-can-use-memdup_user.patch net-dccp-use-memdup_user.patch drivers-net-use-memdup_user.patch drivers-net-cxgb3-use-memdup_user.patch drivers-net-wan-use-memdup_user.patch drivers-net-wireless-prism54-use-memdup_user.patch drivers-s390-net-use-memdup_user.patch drivers-scsi-libsas-use-sam_good.patch drivers-scsi-remove-unnecessary-null-test.patch drivers-message-move-dereference-after-null-test.patch drivers-scsi-correct-the-size-argument-to-kmalloc.patch drivers-scsi-use-memdup_user.patch drivers-block-use-memdup_user.patch drivers-staging-dream-camera-use-memdup_user.patch drivers-usb-gadget-use-memdup_user.patch mm-use-memdup_user.patch drivers-char-vtc-use-memdup_user.patch drivers-message-i2o-i2o_configc-use-memdup_user.patch fs-autofs4-use-memdup_user.patch drivers-video-via-use-memdup_user.patch drivers-telephony-ixjc-use-memdup_user.patch drivers-char-ppdevc-use-kasprintf.patch drivers-char-applicomc-use-memdup_user.patch ipc-semc-use-err_cast.patch crypto-use-err_cast.patch drivers-mmc-host-use-err_cast.patch fs-ubifs-use-err_cast.patch fs-btrfs-use-err_cast.patch mm-use-err_cast.patch fs-ceph-use-err_cast.patch fs-affs-use-err_cast.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html