linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] cpufreq: remove redundant assignment to ret

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Date:   Mon, 19 Aug 2019 12:28:14 +0530
From:   Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Cc:     "Rafael J . Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] cpufreq: remove redundant assignment to ret

On 13-08-19, 13:21, Colin King wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> Variable ret is initialized to a value that is never read and it is
> re-assigned later. The initialization is redundant and can be removed.
> 
> Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> ---
>  drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
> index c28ebf2810f1..26d82e0a2de5 100644
> --- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
> +++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
> @@ -2140,7 +2140,7 @@ int cpufreq_driver_target(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
>  			  unsigned int target_freq,
>  			  unsigned int relation)
>  {
> -	int ret = -EINVAL;
> +	int ret;
>  
>  	down_write(&policy->rwsem);
>  

Acked-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@...aro.org>

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viresh