PTR_ERR should be called before its argument is cleared.

The semantic match that finds this problem is as follows:
(http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/)

// <smpl>
@@
expression e,e1;
constant c;
@@

*e = c
... when != e = e1
    when != &e
    when != true IS_ERR(e)
*PTR_ERR(e)
// </smpl>

Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@lip6.fr>
Reported-by: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/rcutorture.c b/kernel/rcutorture.c
index ed1c72bd9c09..a89b381a8c6e 100644
--- a/kernel/rcutorture.c
+++ b/kernel/rcutorture.c
@@ -1465,12 +1465,15 @@ rcu_torture_onoff(void *arg)
 static int __cpuinit
 rcu_torture_onoff_init(void)
 {
+        int ret;
+
         if (onoff_interval <= 0)
                 return 0;
         onoff_task = kthread_run(rcu_torture_onoff, NULL, "rcu_torture_onoff");
         if (IS_ERR(onoff_task)) {
+                ret = PTR_ERR(onoff_task);
                 onoff_task = NULL;
-                return PTR_ERR(onoff_task);
+                return ret;
         }
         return 0;
 }