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/drivers/scsi/storvsc_drv.c:639:42-49: ERROR: invalid reference to the index variable of the iterator on line 628 /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 ||