linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2]usb: gadget: bcm63xx_udc:remove redundant variable assignment

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Date:   Tue, 24 Mar 2020 17:55:27 +0300
From:   Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>
To:     Tang Bin <tangbin@...s.chinamobile.com>, cernekee@...il.com,
        balbi@...nel.org, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org
Cc:     f.fainelli@...il.com, bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com,
        linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2]usb: gadget: bcm63xx_udc:remove redundant variable
 assignment

On 03/24/2020 05:50 PM, Sergei Shtylyov wrote:

>> --v1------------------------------------
>> In this function, the variable 'rc' is assigned after this place,
>> so the definition is invalid.
>>
>> --v2------------------------------------
>> In this function, the variable 'rc' will be assigned by the function
>> 'usb_add_gadget_udc()',so the assignment here is redundant,we should
>> remove it.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Tang Bin <tangbin@...s.chinamobile.com>
> 
>    NAK.
> 
>> ---
>>  drivers/usb/gadget/udc/bcm63xx_udc.c | 2 --
>>  1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/udc/bcm63xx_udc.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/udc/bcm63xx_udc.c
>> index 54501814d..a7afa8c35 100644
>> --- a/drivers/usb/gadget/udc/bcm63xx_udc.c
>> +++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/udc/bcm63xx_udc.c
>> @@ -2321,8 +2321,6 @@ static int bcm63xx_udc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>>  	if (rc)
>>  		return rc;
>>  
>> -	rc = -ENXIO;
>> -
>>  	/* IRQ resource #0: control interrupt (VBUS, speed, etc.) */
>>  	irq = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0);
>>  	if (irq < 0)
> 
>    This *if* branch goes to the 'out_uninit' label which uses 'rc' (and it should
> be negative).
>    In principle, if you change 'rc' to 'irq' below, this patch would be sane.
> It's not as is.

   Still, the other *goto* out_uninit in te loop below shoild be changed as well.
Otherwise, if the result is overriden to -ENXIO, e.g. deferred probing is borked.

MBR, Sergei