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:5470:6-25: WARNING: atomic_dec_and_test variation before object free at line 5477. 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/microchip/vcap/vcap_api.c:3515:15-18: ERROR: reference preceded by free on line 3516 /home/cocci/testing/net/core/gro.c:36:25-29: ERROR: invalid reference to the index variable of the iterator on line 32 /home/cocci/testing/net/sctp/ipv6.c:115:13-17: ERROR: invalid reference to the index variable of the iterator on line 100 /home/cocci/testing/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/vcap/vcap_api.c:949:4-10: preceding lock on line 946 /home/cocci/testing/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/sparx5/sparx5_tc_flower.c:1526:5-8: Unneeded variable: "err". Return "- ENOENT" on line 1541 /home/cocci/testing/drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/encx24j600_hw.h:101:15-19: duplicated argument to & or |