From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Return-Path: <SRS0=5O2B=VH=vger.kernel.org=linux-kernel-owner@kernel.org>
X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on
	aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org
X-Spam-Level: 
X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.8 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,
	MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no
	autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0
Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99])
	by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B74AC73C7C
	for <linux-kernel@archiver.kernel.org>; Wed, 10 Jul 2019 09:52:54 +0000 (UTC)
Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67])
	by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 76CCC2054F
	for <linux-kernel@archiver.kernel.org>; Wed, 10 Jul 2019 09:52:54 +0000 (UTC)
Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand
        id S1727382AbfGJJwx (ORCPT
        <rfc822;linux-kernel@archiver.kernel.org>);
        Wed, 10 Jul 2019 05:52:53 -0400
Received: from mx2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:56358 "EHLO mx1.suse.de"
        rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP
        id S1725994AbfGJJwx (ORCPT <rfc822;linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>);
        Wed, 10 Jul 2019 05:52:53 -0400
X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at test-mx.suse.de
Received: from relay2.suse.de (unknown [195.135.220.254])
        by mx1.suse.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F6AAB061;
        Wed, 10 Jul 2019 09:52:52 +0000 (UTC)
Date:   Wed, 10 Jul 2019 11:52:52 +0200
Message-ID: <s5hh87urzbf.wl-tiwai@suse.de>
From:   Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
To:     "Hariprasad Kelam" <hariprasad.kelam@gmail.com>
Cc:     <alsa-devel@alsa-project.org>,
        "Thomas Gleixner" <tglx@linutronix.de>,
        "Kate Stewart" <kstewart@linuxfoundation.org>,
        "Allison Randal" <allison@lohutok.net>,
        "Jaroslav Kysela" <perex@perex.cz>,
        "Takashi Iwai" <tiwai@suse.com>, <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sound: pci: lx6464es: Remove unneeded variable err
In-Reply-To: <s5himsarzh0.wl-tiwai@suse.de>
References: <20190710023059.GA14204@hari-Inspiron-1545>
        <s5himsarzh0.wl-tiwai@suse.de>
User-Agent: Wanderlust/2.15.9 (Almost Unreal) SEMI/1.14.6 (Maruoka)
 FLIM/1.14.9 (=?UTF-8?B?R29qxY0=?=) APEL/10.8 Emacs/25.3
 (x86_64-suse-linux-gnu) MULE/6.0 (HANACHIRUSATO)
MIME-Version: 1.0 (generated by SEMI 1.14.6 - "Maruoka")
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org
Precedence: bulk
List-ID: <linux-kernel.vger.kernel.org>
X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org

On Wed, 10 Jul 2019 11:49:31 +0200,
Takashi Iwai wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 10 Jul 2019 04:30:59 +0200,
> Hariprasad Kelam wrote:
> > 
> > This patch fixes below issue reported by coccicheck
> > sound/pci/lx6464es/lx6464es.c:256:5-8: Unneeded variable: "err". Return
> > "0" on line 258
> > 
> > We cannot change return value as its registered with snd_pcm_ops->close
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Hariprasad Kelam <hariprasad.kelam@gmail.com>
> 
> Applied, thanks.

Well, looking at the description above again, I'd drop the text

 "We cannot change return value as its registered with
  snd_pcm_ops->close"

because this is quite misleading.  There is absolutely no need for
changing the function return type.


thanks,

Takashi