* [PATCH] libertas: remove redundant assignment to variable ret
@ 2019-07-05 8:17 Colin King
2019-07-24 11:44 ` Kalle Valo
0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread
From: Colin King @ 2019-07-05 8:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Kalle Valo, David S . Miller, libertas-dev, linux-wireless, netdev
Cc: kernel-janitors, linux-kernel
From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>
The variable ret is being initialized with a value that is never
read and it is being updated later with a new value. The
initialization is redundant and can be removed.
Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value")
Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>
---
drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas/main.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas/main.c
index 5968852b65a7..2233b59cdf44 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas/main.c
@@ -1046,7 +1046,7 @@ int lbs_rtap_supported(struct lbs_private *priv)
int lbs_start_card(struct lbs_private *priv)
{
struct net_device *dev = priv->dev;
- int ret = -1;
+ int ret;
/* poke the firmware */
ret = lbs_setup_firmware(priv);
--
2.20.1
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* [PATCH] libertas: remove redundant assignment to variable ret
@ 2019-10-02 10:15 Colin King
2019-10-02 13:17 ` Dan Carpenter
2019-10-04 13:46 ` Kalle Valo
0 siblings, 2 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Colin King @ 2019-10-02 10:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Kalle Valo, David S . Miller, libertas-dev, linux-wireless, netdev
Cc: kernel-janitors, linux-kernel
From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>
The variable ret is being assigned a value that is never read and is
being re-assigned a little later on. The assignment is redundant and hence
can be removed.
Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value")
Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>
---
drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas/mesh.c | 1 -
1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas/mesh.c b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas/mesh.c
index 2747c957d18c..44c8a550da4c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas/mesh.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas/mesh.c
@@ -1003,7 +1003,6 @@ static int lbs_add_mesh(struct lbs_private *priv)
if (priv->mesh_tlv) {
sprintf(mesh_wdev->ssid, "mesh");
mesh_wdev->mesh_id_up_len = 4;
- ret = 1;
}
mesh_wdev->netdev = mesh_dev;
--
2.20.1
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* Re: [PATCH] libertas: remove redundant assignment to variable ret
2019-10-02 10:15 Colin King
@ 2019-10-02 13:17 ` Dan Carpenter
2019-10-04 13:46 ` Kalle Valo
1 sibling, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Dan Carpenter @ 2019-10-02 13:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Colin King, Lubomir Rintel
Cc: Kalle Valo, David S . Miller, libertas-dev, linux-wireless,
netdev, kernel-janitors, linux-kernel
Added Lubomir Rintel to the CC list.
On Wed, Oct 02, 2019 at 11:15:17AM +0100, Colin King wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>
>
> The variable ret is being assigned a value that is never read and is
> being re-assigned a little later on. The assignment is redundant and hence
> can be removed.
>
> Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>
> ---
> drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas/mesh.c | 1 -
> 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas/mesh.c b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas/mesh.c
> index 2747c957d18c..44c8a550da4c 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas/mesh.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas/mesh.c
> @@ -1003,7 +1003,6 @@ static int lbs_add_mesh(struct lbs_private *priv)
> if (priv->mesh_tlv) {
> sprintf(mesh_wdev->ssid, "mesh");
> mesh_wdev->mesh_id_up_len = 4;
> - ret = 1;
> }
Removing this is fine. "ret = 1" is a mistake.
This was copy and pasted in commit 2199c9817670 ("libertas: use
mesh_wdev->ssid instead of priv->mesh_ssid"). The return value was
never used so it's not clear what returning 1 vs 0 was supposed to mean.
lbs_init_mesh() should just be a void function.
Reviewed-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
regards,
dan carpenter
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* Re: [PATCH] libertas: remove redundant assignment to variable ret
2019-10-02 10:15 Colin King
2019-10-02 13:17 ` Dan Carpenter
@ 2019-10-04 13:46 ` Kalle Valo
1 sibling, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread
From: Kalle Valo @ 2019-10-04 13:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Colin King
Cc: David S . Miller, libertas-dev, linux-wireless, netdev,
kernel-janitors, linux-kernel
Colin King <colin.king@canonical.com> wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>
>
> The variable ret is being assigned a value that is never read and is
> being re-assigned a little later on. The assignment is redundant and hence
> can be removed.
>
> Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>
> Reviewed-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
Patch applied to wireless-drivers-next.git, thanks.
60b5b49f6a6e libertas: remove redundant assignment to variable ret
--
https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/11170731/
https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches
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