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Subject[PATCH 6/6] arch/x86/kernel/kdebugfs.c: ensure a consistent return value in error case
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From: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@lip6.fr>

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>

---
arch/x86/kernel/kdebugfs.c | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kdebugfs.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kdebugfs.c
index 1d5d31e..dc1404b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/kdebugfs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kdebugfs.c
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ static int __init create_setup_data_nodes(struct dentry *parent)
{
struct setup_data_node *node;
struct setup_data *data;
- int error = -ENOMEM;
+ int error;
struct dentry *d;
struct page *pg;
u64 pa_data;
@@ -121,8 +121,10 @@ static int __init create_setup_data_nodes(struct dentry *parent)

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)) {


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