linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mmc: sdricoh_cs: remove redundant check if len is non-zero

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Date:   Mon, 15 May 2017 12:51:32 +0200
From:   Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@...aro.org>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Cc:     Sascha Sommer <saschasommer@...enet.de>,
        "linux-mmc@...r.kernel.org" <linux-mmc@...r.kernel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mmc: sdricoh_cs: remove redundant check if len is non-zero

On 9 May 2017 at 17:45, Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com> wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
>
> At the end of either of the read or write loops len is always zero
> and hence the non-zero check on len and return of -EIO is redundant
> and can be removed.
>
> Detected by CoverityScan, CID#114293 ("Logically dead code")
>
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>

Thanks, applied for next!

Kind regards
Uffe


> ---
>  drivers/mmc/host/sdricoh_cs.c | 3 ---
>  1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/sdricoh_cs.c b/drivers/mmc/host/sdricoh_cs.c
> index 5ff26ab81eb1..70cb00aa79a0 100644
> --- a/drivers/mmc/host/sdricoh_cs.c
> +++ b/drivers/mmc/host/sdricoh_cs.c
> @@ -256,9 +256,6 @@ static int sdricoh_blockio(struct sdricoh_host *host, int read,
>                 }
>         }
>
> -       if (len)
> -               return -EIO;
> -
>         return 0;
>  }
>
> --
> 2.11.0
>