linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] usb: typec: silence a static checker warning

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Date:   Wed, 14 Apr 2021 11:01:59 +0300
From:   Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] usb: typec: silence a static checker warning

On Wed, Apr 14, 2021 at 10:44:40AM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> Smatch complains about a potential missing error code:
> 
>     drivers/usb/typec/port-mapper.c:168 typec_link_port()
>     warn: missing error code 'ret'
> 
> This is a false positive and returning zero is intentional.  Let's
> re-arrange the code to silence the warning and make the intent more
> clear.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>

Reviewed-by: Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com>

> ---
>  drivers/usb/typec/port-mapper.c | 6 ++++--
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/usb/typec/port-mapper.c b/drivers/usb/typec/port-mapper.c
> index fae736eb0601..9b0991bdf391 100644
> --- a/drivers/usb/typec/port-mapper.c
> +++ b/drivers/usb/typec/port-mapper.c
> @@ -157,15 +157,17 @@ int typec_link_port(struct device *port)
>  {
>  	struct device *connector;
>  	struct port_node *node;
> -	int ret = 0;
> +	int ret;
>  
>  	node = create_port_node(port);
>  	if (IS_ERR(node))
>  		return PTR_ERR(node);
>  
>  	connector = find_connector(node);
> -	if (!connector)
> +	if (!connector) {
> +		ret = 0;
>  		goto remove_node;
> +	}
>  
>  	ret = link_port(to_typec_port(connector), node);
>  	if (ret)
> -- 
> 2.30.2

thanks,

-- 
heikki