linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net: lan78xx: add an error code check in lan78xx_write_raw

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Date:   Thu, 19 Oct 2023 13:34:49 +0300
From:   Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...aro.org>
To:     Su Hui <suhui@...china.com>
Cc:     woojung.huh@...rochip.com, UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com,
        davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org,
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        trix@...hat.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, llvm@...ts.linux.dev,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: lan78xx: add an error code check in
 lan78xx_write_raw_eeprom

On Thu, Oct 19, 2023 at 04:40:23PM +0800, Su Hui wrote:
> check the value of 'ret' after call 'lan78xx_read_reg'.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Su Hui <suhui@...china.com>
> ---
> 
> Clang complains that value stored to 'ret' is never read.
> Maybe this place miss an error code check, I'm not sure 
> about this.

There are a bunch more "ret = " assignments which aren't used in this
function.

regards,
dan carpenter