linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] usb: xhci: Remove useless variable

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Message-ID: <YJ+LlTUFgr1YFg9f@kroah.com>
Date:   Sat, 15 May 2021 10:51:33 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Zhihao Cheng <chengzhihao1@...wei.com>
Cc:     mathias.nyman@...el.com, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, yi.zhang@...wei.com,
        yukuai3@...wei.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] usb: xhci: Remove useless variable

On Sat, May 15, 2021 at 04:46:47PM +0800, Zhihao Cheng wrote:
> Fix the following gcc warning:
> 
> drivers/usb/host/xhci.c:1349:15: warning: variable ‘len’ set but not
> used [-Wunused-but-set-variable ]
> 
> Reported-by: Hulk Robot <hulkci@...wei.com>
> Signed-off-by: Zhihao Cheng <chengzhihao1@...wei.com>
> ---
>  drivers/usb/host/xhci.c | 9 ++++-----
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/xhci.c b/drivers/usb/host/xhci.c
> index ca9385d22f68..b38a14ef2e15 100644
> --- a/drivers/usb/host/xhci.c
> +++ b/drivers/usb/host/xhci.c
> @@ -1346,7 +1346,6 @@ static bool xhci_urb_temp_buffer_required(struct usb_hcd *hcd,
>  
>  static void xhci_unmap_temp_buf(struct usb_hcd *hcd, struct urb *urb)
>  {
> -	unsigned int len;
>  	unsigned int buf_len;
>  	enum dma_data_direction dir;
>  
> @@ -1362,10 +1361,10 @@ static void xhci_unmap_temp_buf(struct usb_hcd *hcd, struct urb *urb)
>  				 dir);
>  
>  	if (usb_urb_dir_in(urb))
> -		len = sg_pcopy_from_buffer(urb->sg, urb->num_sgs,
> -					   urb->transfer_buffer,
> -					   buf_len,
> -					   0);
> +		sg_pcopy_from_buffer(urb->sg, urb->num_sgs,
> +				     urb->transfer_buffer,
> +				     buf_len,
> +				     0);
>  
>  	urb->transfer_flags &= ~URB_DMA_MAP_SINGLE;
>  	kfree(urb->transfer_buffer);
> -- 
> 2.25.4
> 

Isn't this the same thing that I have asked "please fix this by checking
the return value!" in the past?

Please do so.

greg k-h