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:5757:6-25: WARNING: atomic_dec_and_test variation before object free at line 5764. 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/core/gro.c:36:25-29: ERROR: invalid reference to the index variable of the iterator on line 32 /home/cocci/testing/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c:113:2-8: preceding lock on line 107 /home/cocci/testing/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c:9327:2-8: preceding lock on line 9307 /home/cocci/testing/net/core/pktgen.c:3240:1-7: preceding lock on line 3233 /home/cocci/testing/net/smc/af_smc.c:2564:0-1: preceding lock on line 2492