On Mon, 19 May 2014 06:31:11 +0200 Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@lip6.fr> wrote:

> From: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@lip6.fr>
> 
> Delete unnecessary local variable whose value is always 0 and that hides
> the fact that the result is always 0.
> 
> A simplified version of the semantic patch that fixes this problem is as
> follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/)
> 
> // <smpl>
> @r exists@
> local idexpression ret;
> expression e;
> position p;
> @@
> 
> -ret = 0;
> ... when != ret = e
> return 
> - ret
> + 0
>   ;
> // </smpl>
> 
> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@lip6.fr>
> 
> ---
> Alternatively, was an error code intended in the MD_MAX_BADBLOCKS case?

Yes, I did want an error code in that case  - thanks!
I'll make a patch.

NeilBrown


> 
>  drivers/md/md.c |    7 ++-----
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
> index f477e4c..23b7fee 100644
> --- a/drivers/md/md.c
> +++ b/drivers/md/md.c
> @@ -8297,7 +8297,6 @@ static int md_clear_badblocks(struct badblocks *bb, sector_t s, int sectors)
>  	u64 *p;
>  	int lo, hi;
>  	sector_t target = s + sectors;
> -	int rv = 0;
>  
>  	if (bb->shift > 0) {
>  		/* When clearing we round the start up and the end down.
> @@ -8339,10 +8338,8 @@ static int md_clear_badblocks(struct badblocks *bb, sector_t s, int sectors)
>  
>  			if (a < s) {
>  				/* we need to split this range */
> -				if (bb->count >= MD_MAX_BADBLOCKS) {
> -					rv = 0;
> +				if (bb->count >= MD_MAX_BADBLOCKS)
>  					goto out;
> -				}
>  				memmove(p+lo+1, p+lo, (bb->count - lo) * 8);
>  				bb->count++;
>  				p[lo] = BB_MAKE(a, s-a, ack);
> @@ -8378,7 +8375,7 @@ static int md_clear_badblocks(struct badblocks *bb, sector_t s, int sectors)
>  	bb->changed = 1;
>  out:
>  	write_sequnlock_irq(&bb->lock);
> -	return rv;
> +	return 0;
>  }
>  
>  int rdev_clear_badblocks(struct md_rdev *rdev, sector_t s, int sectors,