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:5616:6-25: WARNING: atomic_dec_and_test variation before object free at line 5623. 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/intel/igb/igb_main.c:7862:3-8: ERROR: invalid reference to the index variable of the iterator on line 7854 /home/cocci/testing/net/ethtool/ioctl.c:1594:1-7: preceding lock on line 1458 /home/cocci/testing/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ethtool.c:4021:1-7: preceding lock on line 3996 /home/cocci/testing/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c:9299:2-8: preceding lock on line 9279 /home/cocci/testing/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2_main.c:4487:1-7: preceding lock on line 4389 /home/cocci/testing/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2_main.c:2782:1-7: WARNING: do_div() does a 64-by-32 division, please consider using div64_ul instead. /home/cocci/testing/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_hsi.h:9875:4-12: WARNING use flexible-array member instead (https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#zero-length-and-one-element-arrays)