linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] tg3: Remove residual error handling in tg3

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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2024 10:22:30 -0700
From: Michael Chan <michael.chan@...adcom.com>
To: Nikita Kiryushin <kiryushin@...ud.ru>
Cc: Pavan Chebbi <pavan.chebbi@...adcom.com>, Michael Chan <mchan@...adcom.com>, 
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, 
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, 
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	lvc-project@...uxtesting.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] tg3: Remove residual error handling in tg3_suspend

On Mon, Mar 11, 2024 at 8:45 AM Nikita Kiryushin <kiryushin@...ud.ru> wrote:
>
>
> As of now, tg3_power_down_prepare always ends with success, but
> the error handling code from former tg3_set_power_state call is still here.
>
> Remove (now unreachable) code for simplification and change
> tg3_power_down_prepare to a void function as its result is no more checked.
>
> Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
>
> Fixes: c866b7eac073 ("tg3: Do not use legacy PCI power management")
> Signed-off-by: Nikita Kiryushin <kiryushin@...ud.ru>
> ---
> v2: Change tg3_power_down_prepare() to a void function
> as Michael Chan <michael.chan@...adcom.com> suggested.
>   drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c | 30 ++++-------------------------
>   1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)

The patch looks good to me.  But this cleanup patch should be for
net-next and net-next is closed right now.
Please re-post in about 2 weeks.  You can add my tag when you repost:

Reviewed-by: Michael Chan <michael.chan@...adcom.com>

Thanks.

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