Please check for false positives in the output before submitting a patch. When using "patch" mode, carefully review the patch before submitting it. /home/cocci/testing/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c:5435:6-25: WARNING: atomic_dec_and_test variation before object free at line 5442. warning: line 134: should no_llseek be a metavariable? warning: line 141: should noop_llseek be a metavariable? warning: line 223: should nonseekable_open be a metavariable? warning: line 290: should nonseekable_open be a metavariable? warning: line 338: should nonseekable_open be a metavariable? /home/cocci/testing/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.c:1474:5-13: ERROR: invalid reference to the index variable of the iterator on line 1452 /home/cocci/testing/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ethtool.c:4103:32-37: ERROR: invalid reference to the index variable of the iterator on line 4057 /home/cocci/testing/net/rds/tcp_listen.c:231:1-7: preceding lock on line 196 /home/cocci/testing/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb_main.c:560:36-37: WARNING: sum of probable bitmasks, consider | /home/cocci/testing/net/ipv4/igmp.c:597:12-21: ERROR: pmc is NULL but dereferenced. /home/cocci/testing/net/ipv6/mcast.c:2006:12-21: ERROR: pmc is NULL but dereferenced.