linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] IB/hfi1: remove redundant assignment to variable ret

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Date:   Fri, 22 Nov 2019 12:54:37 -0500
From:   Dennis Dalessandro <dennis.dalessandro@...el.com>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>,
        Mike Marciniszyn <mike.marciniszyn@...el.com>,
        Doug Ledford <dledford@...hat.com>,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>, linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] IB/hfi1: remove redundant assignment to variable ret

On 11/22/2019 10:48 AM, Colin King wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.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@...onical.com>
> ---
>   drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/platform.c | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/platform.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/platform.c
> index cbf7faa5038c..36593f2efe26 100644
> --- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/platform.c
> +++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/platform.c
> @@ -634,7 +634,7 @@ static void apply_tx_lanes(struct hfi1_pportdata *ppd, u8 field_id,
>   			   u32 config_data, const char *message)
>   {
>   	u8 i;
> -	int ret = HCMD_SUCCESS;
> +	int ret;
>   
>   	for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
>   		ret = load_8051_config(ppd->dd, field_id, i, config_data);
> 

Thanks.

Acked-by: Dennis Dalessandro <dennis.dalessandro@...el.com>