linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] Staging: vme: remove unreachable code

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Date:	Wed, 23 Feb 2011 09:19:06 +0000
From:	Martyn Welch <martyn.welch@...com>
To:	Manohar Vanga <manohar.vanga@...n.ch>
CC:	cota@...ap.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] Staging: vme: remove unreachable code

On 22/02/11 19:36, Manohar Vanga wrote:
> Remove unreachable code from vme_register_bridge
> 
> Signed-off-by: Manohar Vanga <manohar.vanga@...n.ch>

Yeah - that's there from development. If the function needed to be extended,
that's the next part of the error path.

Not sure how leaving lines like this are viewed in the kernel code, I'm happy
for this to be removed if it's not considered good practice. In that case:

Acked-by: Martyn Welch <martyn.welch@...com>

Martyn

> ---
>  drivers/staging/vme/vme.c |    1 -
>  1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/vme/vme.c b/drivers/staging/vme/vme.c
> index d9fc864..88bf455 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/vme/vme.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/vme/vme.c
> @@ -1363,7 +1363,6 @@ int vme_register_bridge(struct vme_bridge *bridge)
>  
>  	return retval;
>  
> -	i = VME_SLOTS_MAX;
>  err_reg:
>  	while (i > -1) {
>  		dev = &bridge->dev[i];


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