linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] netlabel: remove unused param from audit_log

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Message-Id: <20200828.090912.720183995781297697.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Fri, 28 Aug 2020 09:09:12 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     alex.dewar90@...il.com
Cc:     paul@...l-moore.com, kuba@...nel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] netlabel: remove unused param from
 audit_log_format()

From: Alex Dewar <alex.dewar90@...il.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2020 14:55:23 +0100

> Commit d3b990b7f327 ("netlabel: fix problems with mapping removal")
> added a check to return an error if ret_val != 0, before ret_val is
> later used in a log message. Now it will unconditionally print "...
> res=1". So just drop the check.
> 
> Addresses-Coverity: ("Dead code")
> Fixes: d3b990b7f327 ("netlabel: fix problems with mapping removal")
> Signed-off-by: Alex Dewar <alex.dewar90@...il.com>
> ---
> v2: Still print the res field, because it's useful (Paul)

Applied to net-next, thank you.