linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] crypto: caam/qi2: remove redundant assignment to ret

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Message-ID: <5452e045-bd48-3b29-b364-bf123540ae21@nxp.com>
Date:   Thu, 18 Jun 2020 13:40:55 +0300
From:   Horia Geantă <horia.geanta@....com>
To:     Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
        Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Cc:     Aymen Sghaier <aymen.sghaier@....com>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org" <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>,
        "kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org" <kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] crypto: caam/qi2: remove redundant assignment to ret

On 6/18/2020 10:58 AM, Herbert Xu wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 04:39:34PM +0100, Colin King wrote:
>> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
>>
>> The variable ret is being assigned a value that is never read, the
>> error exit path via label 'unmap' returns -ENOMEM anyhow, so assigning
>> ret with -ENOMEM is redundamt.
>>
>> Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value")
>> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
>> ---
>>  drivers/crypto/caam/caamalg_qi2.c | 2 --
>>  1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
> 
> Patch applied.  Thanks.
> 
Unfortunately I missed this patch, and it doesn't look correct.

Do I need to send a revert?

Thanks,
Horia