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/kernel/sched/topology.c:629:6-25: WARNING: atomic_dec_and_test variation before object free at line 630. /home/cocci/testing/kernel/sched/topology.c:508:7-26: WARNING: atomic_dec_and_test variation before object free at line 530. /home/cocci/testing/kernel/sched/topology.c:540:6-25: WARNING: atomic_dec_and_test variation before object free at line 543. /home/cocci/testing/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c:5690:6-25: WARNING: atomic_dec_and_test variation before object free at line 5697. /home/cocci/testing/kernel/events/core.c:5451:6-30: WARNING: atomic_dec_and_test variation before object free at line 5454. /home/cocci/testing/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/niu.c:9586:5-24: WARNING: atomic_dec_and_test variation before object free at line 9587. warning: line 140: should noop_llseek be a metavariable? warning: line 222: should nonseekable_open be a metavariable? warning: line 289: should nonseekable_open be a metavariable? warning: line 337: should nonseekable_open be a metavariable? /home/cocci/testing/net/smc/af_smc.c:2554:0-1: preceding lock on line 2481 /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/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/dwmac-imx.c:102:5-8: Unneeded variable: "ret". Return "0" on line 105