linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] video: fbdev: uvesafb.c: Cleaning up variable that is never used

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Date:	Mon, 21 Jul 2014 23:25:27 +0200
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:	Rickard Strandqvist <rickard_strandqvist@...ctrumdigital.se>
Cc:	Jean-Christophe Plagniol-Villard <plagnioj@...osoft.com>,
	Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@...com>,
	Rickard Strandqvist <rickard.strandqvist@...ymobile.com>,
	Wang YanQing <udknight@...il.com>,
	Jingoo Han <jg1.han@...sung.com>,
	Evgeniy Polyakov <zbr@...emap.net>,
	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
	Sachin Kamat <sachin.kamat@...aro.org>,
	David Fries <David@...es.net>, linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] video: fbdev: uvesafb.c:  Cleaning up variable that is
 never used

On Sat 2014-07-05 14:51:22, Rickard Strandqvist wrote:
> From: Rickard Strandqvist <rickard.strandqvist@...ymobile.com>
> 
> Variable ar assigned a value that is never used.
> I have also removed all the code that thereby serves no purpose.
> 
> This was found using a static code analysis program called cppcheck

Are you sure this is right fix?

Should we be returning the error when there's error?
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