Category: Linux

drivers/pcmcia: Add missing local_irq_restore

Author: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk> Use local_irq_restore in this error-handling case just like in the one just below. A simplified version of the semantic patch that finds this problem is as follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) // @r exists@ expression E1; identifier f; @@ f (…) { } // Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski — drivers/pcmcia/db1xxx_ss.c | 4 …

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drivers/net: Add missing unlock

Author: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk> Unlock the lock before leaving the function. A simplified version of the semantic patch that finds this problem is as follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) // @r exists@ expression E1; identifier f; @@ f (…) { } // Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall Signed-off-by: David S. Miller — drivers/net/sgiseeq.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 …

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powerpc/pmac: Add missing unlocks in error path

Author: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk> In some error handling cases the lock is not unlocked. A simplified version of the semantic patch that finds this problem is as follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) // @r exists@ expression E1; identifier f; @@ f (…) { } // Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt — drivers/macintosh/macio-adb.c | 1 + drivers/macintosh/smu.c | …

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powerpc/vio: Add missing unlock in error path

Author: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk> Add an unlock before exiting the function. A simplified version of the semantic patch that finds this problem is as follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) // @r exists@ expression E1; identifier f; @@ f (…) { } // Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall Acked-by: Stephen Rothwell Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt — arch/powerpc/kernel/vio.c | 4 +++- 1 file …

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powerpc/pmac/windfarm: Correct potential double free

Author: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk> The conditionals were testing different values, but then all freeing the same one, which could result in a double free. A simplified version of the semantic match that finds this problem is as follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) // @@ expression x,e; identifier f; iterator I; statement S; @@ *kfree(x); … when != &x …

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arch/sparc/kernel: Use set_cpus_allowed_ptr

Author: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk> Use set_cpus_allowed_ptr rather than set_cpus_allowed. The semantic patch that makes this change is as follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) // @@ expression E1,E2; @@ – set_cpus_allowed(E1, cpumask_of_cpu(E2)) + set_cpus_allowed_ptr(E1, cpumask_of(E2)) @@ expression E; identifier I; @@ – set_cpus_allowed(E, I) + set_cpus_allowed_ptr(E, &I) // Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall Signed-off-by: David S. Miller — arch/sparc/kernel/sysfs.c | 4 …

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arch/sh/kernel: Use set_cpus_allowed_ptr

Author: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk> Use set_cpus_allowed_ptr rather than set_cpus_allowed. The semantic patch that makes this change is as follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) // @@ expression E1,E2; @@ – set_cpus_allowed(E1, cpumask_of_cpu(E2)) + set_cpus_allowed_ptr(E1, cpumask_of(E2)) @@ expression E; identifier I; @@ – set_cpus_allowed(E, I) + set_cpus_allowed_ptr(E, &I) // Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall Signed-off-by: Paul Mundt — arch/sh/kernel/cpufreq.c | 4 ++– …

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MIPS: Use set_cpus_allowed_ptr

Author: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk> From: Julia Lawall Use set_cpus_allowed_ptr rather than set_cpus_allowed. The semantic patch that makes this change is as follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) // @@ expression E1,E2; @@ – set_cpus_allowed(E1, cpumask_of_cpu(E2)) + set_cpus_allowed_ptr(E1, cpumask_of(E2)) @@ expression E; identifier I; @@ – set_cpus_allowed(E, I) + set_cpus_allowed_ptr(E, &I) // Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall To: peterz@infradead.org To: mingo@elte.hu To: …

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powerpc: Use set_cpus_allowed_ptr

Author: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk> Use set_cpus_allowed_ptr rather than set_cpus_allowed. The semantic patch that makes this change is as follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) // @@ expression E1,E2; @@ – set_cpus_allowed(E1, cpumask_of_cpu(E2)) + set_cpus_allowed_ptr(E1, cpumask_of(E2)) @@ expression E; identifier I; @@ – set_cpus_allowed(E, I) + set_cpus_allowed_ptr(E, &I) // Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt — arch/powerpc/kernel/smp.c | 4 ++– …

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[ARM] pxa: avoid NULL dereferencing in error handling of ssp.c

Author: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk> The assignments of res to the results of the two calls to platform_get_resource make it impossible to use res in the error handling code in the arguments to release_mem_region. The semantic match that finds the former problem is as follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) // @r exists@ expression E, E1; identifier f; statement S1,S3; …

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