linux-kernel - [PATCH 6/8] mm: Use ERR

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Date:	Sat, 22 May 2010 12:00:56 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Julia Lawall <julia@...u.dk>
To:	linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 6/8] mm: Use ERR_CAST

From: Julia Lawall <julia@...u.dk>

Use ERR_CAST(x) rather than ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(x)).  The former makes more
clear what is the purpose of the operation, which otherwise looks like a
no-op.

The semantic patch that makes this change is as follows:
(http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/)

// <smpl>
@@
type T;
T x;
identifier f;
@@

T f (...) { <+...
- ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(x))
+ x
 ...+> }

@@
expression x;
@@

- ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(x))
+ ERR_CAST(x)
// </smpl>

Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@...u.dk>

---
 mm/vmalloc.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff -u -p a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -732,7 +732,7 @@ static struct vmap_block *new_vmap_block
 					node, gfp_mask);
 	if (unlikely(IS_ERR(va))) {
 		kfree(vb);
-		return ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(va));
+		return ERR_CAST(va);
 	}
 
 	err = radix_tree_preload(gfp_mask);
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