linux-kernel - [PATCH] staging: rtl8712: Remove return variable of different type

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Date:   Wed, 29 May 2019 18:54:57 +0530
From:   Nishka Dasgupta <nishkadg.linux@...il.com>
To:     larry.finger@...inger.net, florian.c.schilhabel@...glemail.com,
        gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, himadri.18.07@...il.com,
        valdis.kletnieks@...edu, colin.king@...onical.com,
        straube.linux@...il.com, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Nishka Dasgupta <nishkadg.linux@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH] staging: rtl8712: Remove return variable of different type

The local return variable ret may be replaced directly by its value,
especially since its type (uint) is not the same as the function's
return type (int).
Issue found with Coccinelle.

Signed-off-by: Nishka Dasgupta <nishkadg.linux@...il.com>
---
 drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c
index a7230c0c7b23..b424b8436fcf 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c
@@ -1577,7 +1577,7 @@ static int r8711_wx_get_enc(struct net_device *dev,
 				struct iw_request_info *info,
 				union iwreq_data *wrqu, char *keybuf)
 {
-	uint key, ret = 0;
+	uint key;
 	struct _adapter *padapter = netdev_priv(dev);
 	struct iw_point *erq = &(wrqu->encoding);
 	struct	mlme_priv	*pmlmepriv = &(padapter->mlmepriv);
@@ -1633,7 +1633,7 @@ static int r8711_wx_get_enc(struct net_device *dev,
 		erq->flags |= IW_ENCODE_DISABLED;
 		break;
 	}
-	return ret;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int r8711_wx_get_power(struct net_device *dev,
-- 
2.19.1