linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] platform: x86: remove redundant variable in hp-wireless.c

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Date:	Sat, 08 Nov 2014 00:03:23 +0100
From:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>
To:	Darren Hart <dvhart@...radead.org>
Cc:	Giedrius Statkevicius <giedriuswork@...il.com>,
	platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Linux ACPI Mailing List <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] platform: x86: remove redundant variable in hp-wireless.c

On Friday, November 07, 2014 10:28:23 AM Darren Hart wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 05, 2014 at 01:47:19AM +0200, Giedrius Statkevicius wrote:
> > Remove a variable because it only holds the results of a function call
> > and then gets returned so instead just return the result of a function
> > call.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Giedrius Statkevičius <giedriuswork@...il.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/platform/x86/hp-wireless.c | 5 +----
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/hp-wireless.c b/drivers/platform/x86/hp-wireless.c
> > index 415348f..670c62b 100644
> > --- a/drivers/platform/x86/hp-wireless.c
> > +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/hp-wireless.c
> > @@ -82,10 +82,7 @@ static void hpwl_notify(struct acpi_device *acpi_dev, u32 event)
> >  
> >  static int hpwl_add(struct acpi_device *device)
> >  {
> > -	int err;
> > -
> > -	err = hp_wireless_input_setup();
> > -	return err;
> > +	return hp_wireless_input_setup();
> 
> Since acpi_device_probe() does not print a warning if add() fails, it might be
> preferable to print the message here, rather than ignoring it completely.
> 
> Rafael?

Sounds reasonable.


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Rafael J. Wysocki, Intel Open Source Technology Center.
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