linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] net: phy: Add error checks in the driver

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Date:   Fri, 19 Aug 2016 15:15:17 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Kedareswara rao Appana <appana.durga.rao@...inx.com>
Cc:     michal.simek@...inx.com, soren.brinkmann@...inx.com,
        appanad@...inx.com, f.fainelli@...il.com,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] net: phy: Add error checks in the driver

> -	mdiobus_write(phydev->mdio.bus, priv->addr, XILINX_GMII2RGMII_REG, val);
> +	err = mdiobus_write(phydev->mdio.bus, priv->addr, XILINX_GMII2RGMII_REG,
> +			    val);
> +	if (err < 0)
> +		return err;
>  
>  	return 0;

Do you need to assign err? Why not just

   return mdiobus_write(phydev->mdio.bus, priv->addr, XILINX_GMII2RGMII_REG,
			val);