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 <[email protected]> --- diff -u -p a/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/atarilance.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/atarilance.c --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/atarilance.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/atarilance.c @@ -1149,9 +1149,7 @@ static struct net_device *atarilance_dev static int __init atarilance_module_init(void) { atarilance_dev = atarilance_probe(-1); - if (IS_ERR(atarilance_dev)) - return PTR_ERR(atarilance_dev); - return 0; + return PTR_RET(atarilance_dev); } static void __exit atarilance_module_exit(void) diff -u -p a/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/mvme147.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/mvme147.c --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/mvme147.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/mvme147.c @@ -188,9 +188,7 @@ static struct net_device *dev_mvme147_la int __init init_module(void) { dev_mvme147_lance = mvme147lance_probe(-1); - if (IS_ERR(dev_mvme147_lance)) - return PTR_ERR(dev_mvme147_lance); - return 0; + return PTR_RET(dev_mvme147_lance); } void __exit cleanup_module(void) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

