[PATCH] drivers/infiniband/core: Use a NULL test rather than an IS_ERR test

From: Julien Brunel
Date: Thu Aug 28 2008 - 09:44:49 EST


From: Julien Brunel <brunel@xxxxxxx>

In case of error, the function ucma_alloc_multicast returns a NULL
pointer, but never returns an ERR pointer. So after a call to this
function, an IS_ERR test should be replaced by a NULL test.

The semantic match that finds this problem is as follows:
(http://www.emn.fr/x-info/coccinelle/)

// <smpl>
@match bad_is_err_test@
expression x, E;
@@

x = ucma_alloc_multicast(...)
... when != x = E
IS_ERR(x)
// </smpl>

Signed-off-by: Julien Brunel <brunel@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx>

---
drivers/infiniband/core/ucma.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff -u -p a/drivers/infiniband/core/ucma.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/ucma.c
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/ucma.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/ucma.c
@@ -904,8 +904,8 @@ static ssize_t ucma_join_multicast(struc

mutex_lock(&file->mut);
mc = ucma_alloc_multicast(ctx);
- if (IS_ERR(mc)) {
- ret = PTR_ERR(mc);
+ if (mc == NULL) {
+ ret = -ENOMEM;
goto err1;
}

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