Test the just-allocated value for NULL rather than some other value.
The semantic patch that makes this change is as follows:
(http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/)
// <smpl>
@@
expression x,y;
statement S;
@@
x = \(kmalloc\|kcalloc\|kzalloc\)(...);
(
if ((x) == NULL) S
|
if (
-   y
+   x
       == NULL)
 S
)
// </smpl>
Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>
Cc: Lars Ellenberg <drbd-dev@lists.linbit.com>
Cc: Philipp Reisner <philipp.reisner@linbit.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
        }
 
        right_response = kmalloc(resp_size, GFP_NOIO);
-       if (response == NULL) {
+       if (right_response == NULL) {
                dev_err(DEV, "kmalloc of right_response failed\n");
                rv = 0;
                goto fail;