linux-kernel - [PATCH] assoc_array: fix the return value in assoc_array_insert_mid

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Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2024 10:17:17 +0300
From: Roman Smirnov <r.smirnov@....ru>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
CC: Roman Smirnov <r.smirnov@....ru>, Sergey Shtylyov <s.shtylyov@....ru>,
	Karina Yankevich <k.yankevich@....ru>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	<lvc-project@...uxtesting.org>
Subject: [PATCH] assoc_array: fix the return value in assoc_array_insert_mid_shortcut()

Returning the edit variable is redundant because it is
dereferenced right before it is returned. It would be better
to return true.

Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with Svace.

Signed-off-by: Roman Smirnov <r.smirnov@....ru>
Reviewed-by: Sergey Shtylyov <s.shtylyov@....ru>
---
 lib/assoc_array.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/assoc_array.c b/lib/assoc_array.c
index ca0b4f360c1a..388e656ac974 100644
--- a/lib/assoc_array.c
+++ b/lib/assoc_array.c
@@ -938,7 +938,7 @@ static bool assoc_array_insert_mid_shortcut(struct assoc_array_edit *edit,
 		edit->leaf_p = &new_n0->slots[0];
 
 	pr_devel("<--%s() = ok [split shortcut]\n", __func__);
-	return edit;
+	return true;
 }
 
 /**
-- 
2.34.1