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:5585:6-25: WARNING: atomic_dec_and_test variation before object free at line 5592. 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/ncsi/ncsi-manage.c:1284:8-26: opportunity for str_up_down(ncm -> data [ 2 ] & 0x1) /home/cocci/testing/net/bridge/netfilter/ebtables.c:933:11-12: ERROR: iterator variable bound on line 927 cannot be NULL /home/cocci/testing/net/ncsi/ncsi-manage.c:1906:28-30: ERROR: invalid reference to the index variable of the iterator on line 1899 /home/cocci/testing/net/bridge/netfilter/ebtables.c:331:3-9: preceding lock on line 328 /home/cocci/testing/net/bridge/netfilter/ebtables.c:357:3-9: preceding lock on line 328 /home/cocci/testing/net/bridge/netfilter/ebtables.c:357:3-9: preceding lock on line 349 /home/cocci/testing/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c:424:1-7: preceding lock on line 386 /home/cocci/testing/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c:608:1-7: preceding lock on line 571 /home/cocci/testing/drivers/pci/pci.c:6881:6-10: duplicated argument to && or ||