# \[PATCH 05/11\] mlxsw: fix error return code

- From: Julia Lawall \<hidden\>
- Date: 2015-08-23 00:21:58 
- List: netdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2015/08/4562182
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/kernel-janitors/2015/08/4562177/t.md

```text
Return a negative error code on failure.

A simplified version of the semantic match that finds this 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/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/pci.c |    1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/pci.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/pci.c
index a34f474..045f98f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/pci.c
@@ -1726,6 +1726,7 @@ static int mlxsw_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *id)
 						mlxsw_pci_dbg_root);
 	if (!mlxsw_pci->dbg_dir) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Failed to create debugfs dir\n");
+		err = -ENOMEM;
 		goto err_dbg_create_dir;
 	}
 
```