The patch titled Subject: drivers/char/tlclk.c: fix error return code has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is drivers-char-tlclkc-fix-error-return-code.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 *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> Subject: drivers/char/tlclk.c: fix error return code Convert a 0 error return code to a negative one, as returned elsewhere in the function. A simplified version of the semantic match that finds this problem is as follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) // <smpl> @@ identifier ret; expression e,e1,e2,e3,e4,x; @@ ( if (\(ret != 0\|ret < 0\) || ...) { ... return ...; } | ret = 0 ) ... when != ret = e1 *x = \(kmalloc\|kzalloc\|kcalloc\|devm_kzalloc\|ioremap\|ioremap_nocache\|devm_ioremap\|devm_ioremap_nocache\)(...); ... when != x = e2 when != ret = e3 *if (x == NULL || ...) { ... when != ret = e4 * return ret; } // </smpl> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by <mark.gross@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/char/tlclk.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN drivers/char/tlclk.c~drivers-char-tlclkc-fix-error-return-code drivers/char/tlclk.c --- a/drivers/char/tlclk.c~drivers-char-tlclkc-fix-error-return-code +++ a/drivers/char/tlclk.c @@ -784,8 +784,10 @@ static int __init tlclk_init(void) } tlclk_major = ret; alarm_events = kzalloc( sizeof(struct tlclk_alarms), GFP_KERNEL); - if (!alarm_events) + if (!alarm_events) { + ret = -ENOMEM; goto out1; + } /* Read telecom clock IRQ number (Set by BIOS) */ if (!request_region(TLCLK_BASE, 8, "telco_clock")) { _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from julia@xxxxxxx are origin.patch drivers-char-tlclkc-fix-error-return-code.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