linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] staging: r8188eu: remove unneeded ret variables

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Date:   Tue, 25 Jan 2022 16:10:57 +0100
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Abdun Nihaal <abdun.nihaal@...il.com>
Cc:     Larry.Finger@...inger.net, phil@...lpotter.co.uk,
        straube.linux@...il.com, martin@...ser.cx,
        linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] staging: r8188eu: remove unneeded ret variables

On Fri, Jan 07, 2022 at 04:05:40PM +0530, Abdun Nihaal wrote:
> Remove unneeded return variables in ioctl_linux.c that are initialized
> to 0 and are not assigned after. Instead, return 0 directly.

Many, if not most, of these functions should either be having their
return value checked, or be void functions as no one checks their return
value and they can not fail.  Please split this up and look at each
function to determine which is is and how to fix it up properly.  Just
returning 0 all the time is not the correct thing to do all the time.

One example would be rtw_p2p_get_status()  It can not fail, so why does
it return anything?

thanks,

greg k-h