Typically, the return value desired for the failure of a function with an
integer return value is a negative integer. In these cases, the return
value is sometimes a negative integer and sometimes 0, due to a subsequent
initialization of the return variable within the loop.
A simplified version of the semantic match that finds this problem is:
(http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/)
//<smpl>
@r exists@
identifier ret;
position p;
constant C;
expression e1,e3,e4;
statement S;
@@
ret = -C
... when != ret = e3
when any
if@p (...) S
... when any
if (\(ret != 0\|ret < 0\|ret > 0\) || ...) { ... return ...; }
... when != ret = e3
when any
*if@p (...)
{
... when != ret = e4
return ret;
}
//</smpl>
[bhelgaas: squashed into one patch]
Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@lip6.fr>
Signed-off-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com>
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