From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/9] drivers/net/wireless: correct error-handling code Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2009 10:30:44 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <20090728.103044.179053537.davem@davemloft.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, kernel-janitors-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-wireless-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: julia-dAYI7NvHqcQ@public.gmane.org Return-path: In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-wireless-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org From: Julia Lawall Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:54:24 +0200 (CEST) Wireless patches need to be CC:'d to linux-wireless so that John Linville can notice and pick them up. Added... > From: Julia Lawall > > iwm_wdev_alloc returns an ERR_PTR value in an error case instead of NULL. > > A simplified version of the semantic match that finds this problem is as > follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) > > // > @match exists@ > expression x, E; > statement S1, S2; > @@ > > x = iwm_wdev_alloc(...) > ... when != x = E > ( > * if (x == NULL || ...) S1 else S2 > | > * if (x == NULL && ...) S1 else S2 > ) > // > > Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall > > --- > drivers/net/wireless/iwmc3200wifi/netdev.c | 2 +- > 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwmc3200wifi/netdev.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwmc3200wifi/netdev.c > index bb71f8a..e1c6693 100644 > --- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwmc3200wifi/netdev.c > +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwmc3200wifi/netdev.c > @@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ void *iwm_if_alloc(int sizeof_bus, struct device *dev, > int ret = 0; > > wdev = iwm_wdev_alloc(sizeof_bus, dev); > - if (!wdev) { > + if (IS_ERR(wdev)) { > dev_err(dev, "no memory for wireless device instance\n"); > return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM); > } > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html