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/wangxun/txgbe/txgbe_hw.c:107:2-8: WARNING: NULL check before some freeing functions is not needed. /home/cocci/testing/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_main.c:2238:6-8: WARNING: possible condition with no effect (if == else) /home/cocci/testing/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf.h:613:1-27: duplicated argument to & or | /home/cocci/testing/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf.h:618:1-27: duplicated argument to & or |