Subject: Re: [PATCH] netvsc: fix ptr_ret.cocci warnings

From: Stephen Hemminger <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2017 16:21:57 -0700

On Mon, 24 Jul 2017 16:20:28 -0700 (PDT)
David Miller <[email-masked]> wrote:

> From: kbuild test robot <[email-masked]>
> Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2017 02:54:43 +0800
> 
> > drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c:737:8-14: WARNING: PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO can be used
> > 
> > 
> >  Use PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO rather than if(IS_ERR(...)) + PTR_ERR
> > 
> > Generated by: scripts/coccinelle/api/ptr_ret.cocci
> > 
> > Fixes: 9749fed5d43d ("netvsc: use ERR_PTR to avoid dereference issues")
> > CC: stephen hemminger <[email-masked]>
> > Signed-off-by: Fengguang Wu <[email-masked]>  
> 
> Applied to net-next.

That function is gone in the later patches.