linux-kernel - [PATCH] fs: ocfs2: dlmglue: Unneeded variable: "status"

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Date:   Wed, 3 Jul 2019 00:02:37 +0530
From:   Hariprasad Kelam <hariprasad.kelam@...il.com>
To:     Mark Fasheh <mark@...heh.com>, Joel Becker <jlbec@...lplan.org>,
        Joseph Qi <joseph.qi@...ux.alibaba.com>,
        ocfs2-devel@....oracle.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] fs: ocfs2: dlmglue: Unneeded variable: "status"

fix below issue reported by coccicheck
fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c:4410:5-11: Unneeded variable: "status". Return "0" on
line 4428

We can not change return type of ocfs2_downconvert_thread as its
registered as callback of kthread_create.

Signed-off-by: Hariprasad Kelam <hariprasad.kelam@...il.com>
---
 fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c b/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c
index dc987f5..1420723 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c
@@ -4407,7 +4407,6 @@ static int ocfs2_downconvert_thread_should_wake(struct ocfs2_super *osb)
 
 static int ocfs2_downconvert_thread(void *arg)
 {
-	int status = 0;
 	struct ocfs2_super *osb = arg;
 
 	/* only quit once we've been asked to stop and there is no more
@@ -4425,7 +4424,7 @@ static int ocfs2_downconvert_thread(void *arg)
 	}
 
 	osb->dc_task = NULL;
-	return status;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 void ocfs2_wake_downconvert_thread(struct ocfs2_super *osb)
-- 
2.7.4