Author: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> * Reuse existing functionality from memdup_user() instead of keeping duplicate source code. This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software. * The local variable “ret” will be set to an appropriate value a bit later. Thus omit the explicit initialisation at the beginning. Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring Signed-off-by: Doug Ledford — …
Category: Linux
Aug 19 2016
IB/qib: Use memdup_user() rather than duplicating its implementation
Author: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> Reuse existing functionality from memdup_user() instead of keeping duplicate source code. This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software. Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring Reviewed-by: Leon Romanovsky Signed-off-by: Doug Ledford — drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_fs.c | 26 +++++——————— 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-) diff –git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_fs.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_fs.c index fcdf3791..c3edc03 100644 — a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_fs.c …
Aug 17 2016
powerpc/powernv/pci: fix iterator signedness
Author: Andrzej Hajda <a.hajda@samsung.com> Unsigned type is always non-negative, so the loop could not end in case condition is never true. The problem has been detected using semantic patch scripts/coccinelle/tests/unsigned_lesser_than_zero.cocci Signed-off-by: Andrzej Hajda Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt — arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/pci-ioda.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff –git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/pci-ioda.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/pci-ioda.c index fd9444f..1321826 …
Aug 16 2016
powerpc: mpc8349emitx: Delete unnecessary assignment for the field “owner”
Author: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> The field “owner” is set by the core. Thus delete an unneeded initialisation. Generated by: scripts/coccinelle/api/platform_no_drv_owner.cocci Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt — arch/powerpc/platforms/83xx/mcu_mpc8349emitx.c | 1 – 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff –git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/83xx/mcu_mpc8349emitx.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/83xx/mcu_mpc8349emitx.c index dbcd030..63c5ab64 100644 — a/arch/powerpc/platforms/83xx/mcu_mpc8349emitx.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/83xx/mcu_mpc8349emitx.c @@ -222,7 +222,6 @@ static const struct …
Aug 16 2016
powerpc/512x: Delete unnecessary assignment for the field “owner”
Author: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> The field “owner” is set by the core. Thus delete an unneeded initialisation. Generated by: scripts/coccinelle/api/platform_no_drv_owner.cocci Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt — arch/powerpc/platforms/512x/mpc512x_lpbfifo.c | 1 – 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff –git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/512x/mpc512x_lpbfifo.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/512x/mpc512x_lpbfifo.c index 8eb82b0..d93dd4a 100644 — a/arch/powerpc/platforms/512x/mpc512x_lpbfifo.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/512x/mpc512x_lpbfifo.c @@ -528,7 +528,6 @@ static struct platform_driver …
Aug 15 2016
Thermal-INT3406: Delete owner assignment
Author: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> The field “owner” is set by core. Thus delete an extra initialisation. Generated by: scripts/coccinelle/api/platform_no_drv_owner.cocci Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring Signed-off-by: Zhang Rui — drivers/thermal/int340x_thermal/int3406_thermal.c | 1 – 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff –git a/drivers/thermal/int340x_thermal/int3406_thermal.c b/drivers/thermal/int340x_thermal/int3406_thermal.c index a578cd2..1891f34 100644 — a/drivers/thermal/int340x_thermal/int3406_thermal.c +++ b/drivers/thermal/int340x_thermal/int3406_thermal.c @@ -225,7 +225,6 @@ static struct platform_driver int3406_thermal_driver …
Aug 14 2016
drivers/macintosh: Delete owner assignment
Author: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> The field “owner” is set by core. Thus delete an extra initialisation. Generated by: scripts/coccinelle/api/platform_no_drv_owner.cocci Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt — drivers/macintosh/ams/ams-i2c.c | 1 – drivers/macintosh/windfarm_pm112.c | 1 – drivers/macintosh/windfarm_pm72.c | 1 – drivers/macintosh/windfarm_rm31.c | 1 – 4 files changed, 4 deletions(-) diff –git a/drivers/macintosh/ams/ams-i2c.c b/drivers/macintosh/ams/ams-i2c.c index 978eda8..8a3ba56 100644 …
Jul 29 2016
MIPS: Modify error handling
Author: Amitoj Kaur Chawla <amitoj1606@gmail.com> debugfs_create_file returns NULL on error so an IS_ERR test is incorrect here and a NULL check is required. The Coccinelle semantic patch used to make this change is as follows: @@ expression e; @@ e = debugfs_create_file(…); if( – IS_ERR(e) + !e ) { } Signed-off-by: Amitoj Kaur Chawla Cc: …
Jul 29 2016
zsmalloc: Delete an unnecessary check before the function call “iput”
Author: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net> iput() tests whether its argument is NULL and then returns immediately. Thus the test around the call is not needed. This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/559cf499-4a01-25f9-c87f-24d906626a57@users.sourceforge.net Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring Reviewed-by: Sergey Senozhatsky Acked-by: Minchan Kim Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds — mm/zsmalloc.c | 3 +– …
Jul 26 2016
rtc: asm9260: remove .owner field for driver
Author: Wei Yongjun <weiyj.lk@gmail.com> Remove .owner field if calls are used which set it automatically. Generated by: scripts/coccinelle/api/platform_no_drv_owner.cocci Signed-off-by: Wei Yongjun Signed-off-by: Alexandre Belloni — drivers/rtc/rtc-asm9260.c | 1 – 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff –git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-asm9260.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-asm9260.c index 355fdb9..5219916 100644 — a/drivers/rtc/rtc-asm9260.c +++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-asm9260.c @@ -343,7 +343,6 @@ static struct platform_driver asm9260_rtc_driver = …