linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] input: ims-pcu: remove redundant assignment to variable 'error'

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Message-ID: <20200603140953.GL30374@kadam>
Date:   Wed, 3 Jun 2020 17:09:54 +0300
From:   Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Cc:     Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
        linux-input@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] input: ims-pcu: remove redundant assignment to variable
 'error'

On Wed, Jun 03, 2020 at 02:51:02PM +0100, Colin King wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> The variable error is being initialized with a value that is
> never read and the -ENOMEM error return is being returned anyhow
> by the error exit path to label err_free_mem.  The assignment is
> redundant and can be removed.
> 
> Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> ---
>  drivers/input/misc/ims-pcu.c | 1 -
>  1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/input/misc/ims-pcu.c b/drivers/input/misc/ims-pcu.c
> index d8dbfc030d0f..4ba68aa3d281 100644
> --- a/drivers/input/misc/ims-pcu.c
> +++ b/drivers/input/misc/ims-pcu.c
> @@ -292,7 +292,6 @@ static int ims_pcu_setup_gamepad(struct ims_pcu *pcu)
>  	if (!gamepad || !input) {
>  		dev_err(pcu->dev,
>  			"Not enough memory for gamepad device\n");
> -		error = -ENOMEM;
>  		goto err_free_mem;

It would be better to change the return instead.

regards,
dan carpenter