Typically, the return value desired for the failure of a
function with an integer return value is a negative integer. In
these cases, the return value is sometimes a negative integer
and sometimes 0, due to a subsequent initialization of the
return variable within the loop.
A simplified version of the semantic match that finds this
problem is: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/)
//<smpl>
@r exists@
identifier ret;
position p;
constant C;
expression e1,e3,e4;
statement S;
@@
ret = -C
... when != ret = e3
when any
if@p (...) S
... when any
if (\(ret != 0\|ret < 0\|ret > 0\) || ...) { ... return ...; }
... when != ret = e3
when any
*if@p (...)
{
... when != ret = e4
return ret;
}
//</smpl>
Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@lip6.fr>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1342284188-19176-7-git-send-email-Julia.Lawall@lip6.fr
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
{
struct setup_data_node *node;
struct setup_data *data;
- int error = -ENOMEM;
+ int error;
struct dentry *d;
struct page *pg;
u64 pa_data;
while (pa_data) {
node = kmalloc(sizeof(*node), GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!node)
+ if (!node) {
+ error = -ENOMEM;
goto err_dir;
+ }
pg = pfn_to_page((pa_data+sizeof(*data)-1) >> PAGE_SHIFT);
if (PageHighMem(pg)) {