The semantic patch that makes this change is available in scripts/coccinelle/api/ptr_ret.cocci.
More information about semantic patching is available at http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/ Signed-off-by: Thomas Meyer <tho...@m3y3r.de> --- diff -u -p a/drivers/net/appletalk/cops.c b/drivers/net/appletalk/cops.c --- a/drivers/net/appletalk/cops.c +++ b/drivers/net/appletalk/cops.c @@ -996,9 +996,7 @@ static int __init cops_module_init(void) printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: You shouldn't autoprobe with insmod\n", cardname); cops_dev = cops_probe(-1); - if (IS_ERR(cops_dev)) - return PTR_ERR(cops_dev); - return 0; + return PTR_RET(cops_dev); } static void __exit cops_module_exit(void) diff -u -p a/drivers/net/appletalk/ltpc.c b/drivers/net/appletalk/ltpc.c --- a/drivers/net/appletalk/ltpc.c +++ b/drivers/net/appletalk/ltpc.c @@ -1243,9 +1243,7 @@ static int __init ltpc_module_init(void) "ltpc: Autoprobing is not recommended for modules\n"); dev_ltpc = ltpc_probe(); - if (IS_ERR(dev_ltpc)) - return PTR_ERR(dev_ltpc); - return 0; + return PTR_RET(dev_ltpc); } module_init(ltpc_module_init); #endif -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/