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/net/core/gro.c:36:25-29: ERROR: invalid reference to the index variable of the iterator on line 32 /home/cocci/testing/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_nix.c:6159:9-13: ERROR: invalid reference to the index variable of the iterator on line 6151 /home/cocci/testing/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_nix.c:6363:1-7: preceding lock on line 6324 /home/cocci/testing/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_nix.c:6500:1-7: preceding lock on line 6393 /home/cocci/testing/drivers/net/hyperv/hyperv_net.h:467:38-46: WARNING use flexible-array member instead (https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#zero-length-and-one-element-arrays) /home/cocci/testing/drivers/net/hyperv/hyperv_net.h:827:22-28: WARNING use flexible-array member instead (https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/deprecated.html#zero-length-and-one-element-arrays)