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>
Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
        auth = ahash_attr_alg(tb[1], CRYPTO_ALG_TYPE_HASH,
                               CRYPTO_ALG_TYPE_AHASH_MASK);
        if (IS_ERR(auth))
-               return ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(auth));
+               return ERR_CAST(auth);
 
        auth_base = &auth->base;
 
 
        alg = crypto_attr_alg(tb[1], CRYPTO_ALG_TYPE_CIPHER,
                                  CRYPTO_ALG_TYPE_MASK);
        if (IS_ERR(alg))
-               return ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(alg));
+               return ERR_CAST(alg);
 
        /* Block size must be >= 4 bytes. */
        err = -EINVAL;
 
        alg = crypto_get_attr_alg(tb, CRYPTO_ALG_TYPE_CIPHER,
                                  CRYPTO_ALG_TYPE_MASK);
        if (IS_ERR(alg))
-               return ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(alg));
+               return ERR_CAST(alg);
 
        inst = crypto_alloc_instance("xts", alg);
        if (IS_ERR(inst))