Re: [PATCH 3/3 v2] kernel/rcutorture.c: Move call to PTR_ERR afterreassignment

From: Paul E. McKenney
Date: Thu Feb 02 2012 - 10:54:21 EST


Queued, thank you both!

Thanx, Paul

On Thu, Feb 02, 2012 at 03:53:02PM +0100, Julia Lawall wrote:
> From: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@xxxxxxx>
>
> PTR_ERR should be called before its argument is cleared.
>
> The semantic match that finds this problem is as follows:
> (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/)
>
> // <smpl>
> @@
> expression e,e1;
> constant c;
> @@
>
> *e = c
> ... when != e = e1
> when != &e
> when != true IS_ERR(e)
> *PTR_ERR(e)
> // </smpl>
>
> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@xxxxxxx>
> Reported-by: Josh Triplett <josh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> ---
> v2: correct commit message.
>
> kernel/rcutorture.c | 5 ++++-
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/rcutorture.c b/kernel/rcutorture.c
> index a58ac28..4b3cd87 100644
> --- a/kernel/rcutorture.c
> +++ b/kernel/rcutorture.c
> @@ -1450,12 +1450,15 @@ rcu_torture_onoff(void *arg)
> static int __cpuinit
> rcu_torture_onoff_init(void)
> {
> + int ret;
> +
> if (onoff_interval <= 0)
> return 0;
> onoff_task = kthread_run(rcu_torture_onoff, NULL, "rcu_torture_onoff");
> if (IS_ERR(onoff_task)) {
> + ret = PTR_ERR(onoff_task);
> onoff_task = NULL;
> - return PTR_ERR(onoff_task);
> + return ret;
> }
> return 0;
> }
>

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