linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drivers/base/cpu: remove redundant initialization of variable retval

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Date:   Thu, 18 Feb 2021 18:22:22 +0100
From:   "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "Rafael J . Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers/base/cpu: remove redundant initialization of
 variable retval

On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 8:51 PM Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com> wrote:
>
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
>
> The variable retval is being initialized with a value that is never read
> and it is being updated later with a new value.  The initialization is
> redundant and can be removed.
>
> Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> ---
>  drivers/base/cpu.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/base/cpu.c b/drivers/base/cpu.c
> index 8f1d6569564c..2e834cd315d8 100644
> --- a/drivers/base/cpu.c
> +++ b/drivers/base/cpu.c
> @@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ __cpu_device_create(struct device *parent, void *drvdata,
>                     const char *fmt, va_list args)
>  {
>         struct device *dev = NULL;
> -       int retval = -ENODEV;

Might as well init it to -ENOMEM and drop the assignment below.

> +       int retval;
>
>         dev = kzalloc(sizeof(*dev), GFP_KERNEL);
>         if (!dev) {
> --