[PATCH 00/11] fix error return code

The complate semantic patch that finds this problem is as follows:
(http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/)

// <smpl>
@ok exists@
identifier f,ret,i;
expression e;
constant c;
@@

// identify a function that returns a negative return value at least once.
f(...) {
... when any
(
return -c@i;
|
ret = -c@i;
... when != ret = e
return ret;
|
if (ret < 0) { ... return ret; }
)
... when any
}

@r exists@
identifier ret,ok.f,fn;
expression e1,e2,e3,e4,e5,e6,x;
statement S,S1;
position p1,p2,p3;
@@

// identify a case where the return variable is set to a non-negative value
// and then returned in error-handling code
f(...) {
... when any
(
if@p1 (\(ret < 0\|ret != 0\))
 { ... return ret; }
|
ret@p1 = 0
)
... when != \(ret = e1\|ret++\|ret--\|ret+á\|ret-á\)
    when != &ret
    when any
(
 if (<+... ret = e5 ...+>) S1
|
 if (<+... &ret ...+>) S1
|
if@p2(<+...x = fn(...)...+>)
 {
  ... when != ret = e6
      when forall
 return@p3 ret;
}
|
break;
|
x = fn(...)
... when != \(ret = e4\|ret++\|ret--\|ret+ä\|ret-ä\)
    when != &ret
(
 if (<+... ret = e3 ...+>) S
|
 if (<+... &ret ...+>) S
|
if@p2(<+...\(x != 0\|x < 0\|x = NULL\|IS_ERR(x)\)...+>)
 {
  ... when != ret = e2
      when forall
 return@p3 ret;
}
)
)
... when any
}

@printer depends on r@
position p;
identifier ok.f,pr;
constant char [] c;
@@

f(...) { <...pr@p(...,c,...)...> }

@bad0 exists@
identifier r.ret,ok.f,g != {ERR_PTR,IS_ERR};
position p != printer.p;
@@

f(...) { ... when any
g@p(...,ret,...)
... when any
 }

@bad depends on !bad0 exists@
position r.p1,r.p2;
statement S1,S2;
identifier r.ret;
expression e1;
@@

// ignore the above if there is some path where the variable is set to
// something else
(
if@p1 (\(ret < 0\|ret != 0\)) S1
|
ret@p1 = 0
)
... when any
 \(ret = e1\|ret++\|ret--\|ret+á\|ret-á\|&ret\)
... when any
if@p2(...) S2

@bad1 depends on !bad0 && !bad exists@
position r.p2;
statement S2;
identifier r.ret;
expression e1;
constant c;
@@

ret = -c
... when != \(ret = e1\|ret++\|ret--\|ret+á\|ret-á\)
    when != &ret
    when any
if@p2(...) S2

@bad2 depends on !bad0 && !bad && !bad1 exists@
position r.p1,r.p2;
identifier r.ret;
expression e1;
statement S2;
constant c;
@@

// likewise ignore it if there has been an intervening return
ret@p1 = 0
... when != if (...) { ... ret = e1 ... return ret; }
    when != if (...) { ... return -c; }
    when any
if@p2(...) S2

@script:python depends on !bad0 && !bad && !bad1 && !bad2@
p1 << r.p1;
p2 << r.p2;
p3 << r.p3;
@@

cocci.print_main("",p1)
cocci.print_secs("",p2)
cocci.print_secs("",p3)
// </smpl>

Propagate error code on failure.  Also changed %ld to %d in dev_err to use
ret variable rather than putting two calls to PTR_ERR.

A simplified version of the semantic match that finds the first problem is as
follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/)

// <smpl>
@@
identifier ret; expression e1,e2;
@@
(
if (\(ret < 0\|ret != 0\))
 { ... return ret; }
|
ret = 0
)
... when != ret = e1
    when != &ret
*if(...)
{
  ... when != ret = e2
      when forall
 return ret;
}
// </smpl>

Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <redacted>

---
 drivers/video/fbdev/ssd1307fb.c |    5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/ssd1307fb.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/ssd1307fb.c
index 3e153c0..1611215 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/ssd1307fb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/ssd1307fb.c

@@ -656,8 +656,9 @@ static int ssd1307fb_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
 	bl = backlight_device_register(bl_name, &client->dev, par,
 				       &ssd1307fb_bl_ops, NULL);
 	if (IS_ERR(bl)) {
-		dev_err(&client->dev, "unable to register backlight device: %ld\n",
-			PTR_ERR(bl));
+		ret = PTR_ERR(bl);
+		dev_err(&client->dev, "unable to register backlight device: %d\n",
+			ret);
 		goto bl_init_error;
 	}
 

On 23/08/15 03:11, Julia Lawall wrote:

Thanks, queued for 4.3.

 Tomi