linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH linux-next] usb: core: remove redundant variables ret

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Message-ID: <Yw4rweh3lKeWkZJ5@kroah.com>
Date:   Tue, 30 Aug 2022 17:24:49 +0200
From:   Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:     cgel.zte@...il.com
Cc:     stern@...land.harvard.edu, skhan@...uxfoundation.org,
        richard.leitner@...data.com, tasos@...ossah.com,
        wsa+renesas@...g-engineering.com, ingo.rohloff@...terbach.com,
        cui.jinpeng2@....com.cn, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Zeal Robot <zealci@....com.cn>
Subject: Re: [PATCH linux-next] usb: core: remove redundant variables ret

On Tue, Aug 30, 2022 at 02:33:18PM +0000, cgel.zte@...il.com wrote:
> From: Jinpeng Cui <cui.jinpeng2@....com.cn>
> 
> Rturn value directly from usbdev_do_ioctl() instead of
> getting value from redundant variable ret.
> 
> Reported-by: Zeal Robot <zealci@....com.cn>

As stated before, please read the documentation for how to handle stuff
coming from research tools like this and properly document it in your
changelog text.

Also, why is this being sent from a gmail account?  How do we know this
is really from a zte.com.cn address?

thanks,

greg k-h