of_phy_register_fixed_link() declares the 'err' variable to hold the result of of_property_read_string() but only uses it once after that, while that function can be called directly from the *if* statement... Remove that variable and move/regroup 'link_gpio' and 'len' variables in order to sort the declarations in the reverse Xmas tree order -- to please DaveM. ;-) Signed-off-by: Sergei Shtylyov --- drivers/of/of_mdio.c | 6 ++---- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) Index: linux/drivers/of/of_mdio.c =================================================================== --- linux.orig/drivers/of/of_mdio.c +++ linux/drivers/of/of_mdio.c @@ -422,13 +422,11 @@ int of_phy_register_fixed_link(struct de struct fixed_phy_status status = {}; struct device_node *fixed_link_node; const __be32 *fixed_link_prop; - int link_gpio; - int len, err; struct phy_device *phy; const char *managed; + int link_gpio, len; - err = of_property_read_string(np, "managed", &managed); - if (err == 0) { + if (of_property_read_string(np, "managed", &managed) == 0) { if (strcmp(managed, "in-band-status") == 0) { /* status is zeroed, namely its .link member */ phy = fixed_phy_register(PHY_POLL, &status, -1, np);