linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: comedi: dt2801: change function return type to void

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Message-ID: <53F1BE77.40505@mev.co.uk>
Date:	Mon, 18 Aug 2014 09:51:03 +0100
From:	Ian Abbott <abbotti@....co.uk>
To:	Chase Southwood <chase.southwood@...il.com>,
	<gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
CC:	<hsweeten@...ionengravers.com>, <devel@...verdev.osuosl.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: comedi: dt2801: change function return type
 to void

On 2014-08-18 04:43, Chase Southwood wrote:
> cppcheck was complaining that the variable 'stat' is being reassigned
> before the old value is used.  Upon inspection, I found that
> dt2801_writecmd() cannot fail, always returns 0, and most callers already
> do not bother with assigning its return value anyway, so it makes sense to
> just change the return type for this function from int to void, and remove
> the two assignments to 'stat'.
>
> Signed-off-by: Chase Southwood <chase.southwood@...il.com>
> Cc: Ian Abbott <abbotti@....co.uk>
> Cc: H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@...ionengravers.com>
> ---
>   drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/dt2801.c | 8 +++-----
>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Ian Abbott <abbotti@....co.uk>

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