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Message-ID: <20230828124049.6bec893f@kernel.org>
Date:   Mon, 28 Aug 2023 12:40:49 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Alexandra Diupina <adiupina@...ralinux.ru>
Cc:     Chas Williams <3chas3@...il.com>,
        linux-atm-general@...ts.sourceforge.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, lvc-project@...uxtesting.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] idt77252: remove check of idt77252_init_ubr() return
 value

On Mon, 28 Aug 2023 17:36:46 +0300 Alexandra Diupina wrote:
> idt77252_init_ubr() always returns 0, so it is possible
> to remove check of its return value
> 
> Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
> 
> Fixes: 2dde18cd1d8f ("Linux 6.5")

How is this a fix and if it was how could the release tag possibly have
caused the issue?

I think this is pointless churn, unless the error handling is buggy
in itself you should leave this code be.
-- 
pw-bot: reject

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