linux-kernel - [tip: timers/core] posix-cpu-timers: Remove confusing return value override

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Date:   Tue, 10 Aug 2021 15:13:33 -0000
From:   "tip-bot2 for Frederic Weisbecker" <tip-bot2@...utronix.de>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        "Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@...radead.org>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [tip: timers/core] posix-cpu-timers: Remove confusing return value override

The following commit has been merged into the timers/core branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     d9c1b2a1089f606404284b9f5b045a584d73382d
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/d9c1b2a1089f606404284b9f5b045a584d73382d
Author:        Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>
AuthorDate:    Mon, 26 Jul 2021 14:55:11 +02:00
Committer:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
CommitterDate: Tue, 10 Aug 2021 17:09:59 +02:00

posix-cpu-timers: Remove confusing return value override

The end of the function cannot be reached with an error in variable
ret. Unconfuse reviewers about that.

Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210726125513.271824-5-frederic@kernel.org

---
 kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c b/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c
index 5c71322..4fbbbc8 100644
--- a/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c
+++ b/kernel/time/posix-cpu-timers.c
@@ -744,8 +744,6 @@ static int posix_cpu_timer_set(struct k_itimer *timer, int timer_flags,
 		 */
 		cpu_timer_fire(timer);
 	}
-
-	ret = 0;
  out:
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 	if (old)