netdev - [net-next 12/16] ice: suppress checked

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Date:   Fri,  3 Jan 2020 18:49:49 -0800
From:   Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
To:     davem@...emloft.net
Cc:     Bruce Allan <bruce.w.allan@...el.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        nhorman@...hat.com, sassmann@...hat.com,
        Andrew Bowers <andrewx.bowers@...el.com>,
        Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
Subject: [net-next 12/16] ice: suppress checked_return error

From: Bruce Allan <bruce.w.allan@...el.com>

Coverity reports an error that is not really an error; suppress it.

Signed-off-by: Bruce Allan <bruce.w.allan@...el.com>
Tested-by: Andrew Bowers <andrewx.bowers@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_dcb_lib.c | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_dcb_lib.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_dcb_lib.c
index d3d3ec29def9..0664e5b8d130 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_dcb_lib.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_dcb_lib.c
@@ -396,6 +396,12 @@ void ice_dcb_rebuild(struct ice_pf *pf)
 	prev_cfg->etscfg.tcbwtable[0] = ICE_TC_MAX_BW;
 	prev_cfg->etscfg.tsatable[0] = ICE_IEEE_TSA_ETS;
 	memcpy(&prev_cfg->etsrec, &prev_cfg->etscfg, sizeof(prev_cfg->etsrec));
+	/* Coverity warns the return code of ice_pf_dcb_cfg() is not checked
+	 * here as is done for other calls to that function. That check is
+	 * not necessary since this is in this function's error cleanup path.
+	 * Suppress the Coverity warning with the following comment...
+	 */
+	/* coverity[check_return] */
 	ice_pf_dcb_cfg(pf, prev_cfg, false);
 	kfree(prev_cfg);
 }
-- 
2.24.1