In this code, 0 is returned on memory allocation failure, even though other
failures return -ENOMEM or other similar values.
A simplified version of the semantic match that finds this problem is as
follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/)
// <smpl>
@@
expression ret;
expression x,e1,e2,e3;
@@
ret = 0
... when != ret = e1
*x = \(kmalloc\|kcalloc\|kzalloc\)(...)
... when != ret = e2
if (x == NULL) { ... when != ret = e3
return ret;
}
// </smpl>
Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>
To: Pat Gefre <pfg@sgi.com>
Cc: kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Patchwork: https://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/1704/
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
