Author: Himangi Saraogi <himangi774@gmail.com> This patch removes a test in error handling code by adding a return path. The Coccinelle semantic match that found the problem is: // @@ expression E,E1,E2; @@ E = alloc_etherdev(…) … when != E = E1 if (…) { … free_netdev(E); … return …; } … when != E = …