linux-kernel - [PATCH] cxl: Fix an error message

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Date:   Wed,  5 May 2021 21:38:49 +0200
From:   Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
To:     fbarrat@...ux.ibm.com, ajd@...ux.ibm.com, arnd@...db.de,
        gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, mpe@...erman.id.au,
        imunsie@....ibm.com, mikey@...ling.org
Cc:     linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
Subject: [PATCH] cxl: Fix an error message

'rc' is known to be 0 here.
Initialize 'rc' with the expected error code before using it.

While at it, avoid the affectation of 'rc' in a 'if' to make things more
obvious and linux style.

Fixes: f204e0b8ce ("cxl: Driver code for powernv PCIe based cards for userspace access")
Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
---
 drivers/misc/cxl/file.c | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/misc/cxl/file.c b/drivers/misc/cxl/file.c
index bd3bd32333c5..3dbdce96fae0 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/cxl/file.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/cxl/file.c
@@ -569,7 +569,8 @@ static int cxl_add_chardev(struct cxl_afu *afu, dev_t devt, struct cdev *cdev,
 	int rc;
 
 	cdev_init(cdev, fops);
-	if ((rc = cdev_add(cdev, devt, 1))) {
+	rc = cdev_add(cdev, devt, 1);
+	if (rc) {
 		dev_err(&afu->dev, "Unable to add %s chardev: %i\n", desc, rc);
 		return rc;
 	}
@@ -577,8 +578,8 @@ static int cxl_add_chardev(struct cxl_afu *afu, dev_t devt, struct cdev *cdev,
 	dev = device_create(cxl_class, &afu->dev, devt, afu,
 			"afu%i.%i%s", afu->adapter->adapter_num, afu->slice, postfix);
 	if (IS_ERR(dev)) {
-		dev_err(&afu->dev, "Unable to create %s chardev in sysfs: %i\n", desc, rc);
 		rc = PTR_ERR(dev);
+		dev_err(&afu->dev, "Unable to create %s chardev in sysfs: %i\n", desc, rc);
 		goto err;
 	}
 
-- 
2.30.2