linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 2/2] fpga: Fix dead store in fpga-bridge.c

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Message-Id: <20200608125446.23311-3-trix@redhat.com>
Date:   Mon,  8 Jun 2020 05:54:46 -0700
From:   trix@...hat.com
To:     mdf@...nel.org
Cc:     linux-fpga@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Tom Rix <trix@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 2/2] fpga: Fix dead store in fpga-bridge.c

From: Tom Rix <trix@...hat.com>

Using clang's scan-build/view this issue was flagged
a dead store issue in fpga-bridge.c

warning: Value stored to 'ret' is never read [deadcode.DeadStores]
                  ret = id;

Signed-off-by: Tom Rix <trix@...hat.com>
---
 drivers/fpga/fpga-bridge.c | 6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/fpga/fpga-bridge.c b/drivers/fpga/fpga-bridge.c
index 4bab9028940a..2deccacc3aa7 100644
--- a/drivers/fpga/fpga-bridge.c
+++ b/drivers/fpga/fpga-bridge.c
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ struct fpga_bridge *fpga_bridge_create(struct device *dev, const char *name,
 				       void *priv)
 {
 	struct fpga_bridge *bridge;
-	int id, ret = 0;
+	int id, ret;
 
 	if (!name || !strlen(name)) {
 		dev_err(dev, "Attempt to register with no name!\n");
@@ -340,10 +340,8 @@ struct fpga_bridge *fpga_bridge_create(struct device *dev, const char *name,
 		return NULL;
 
 	id = ida_simple_get(&fpga_bridge_ida, 0, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (id < 0) {
-		ret = id;
+	if (id < 0)
 		goto error_kfree;
-	}
 
 	mutex_init(&bridge->mutex);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&bridge->node);
-- 
2.18.2