mm: use ERR_CAST
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@diku.dk>
Cc: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
index b7e314b..8b5e437 100644
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -732,7 +732,7 @@
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);