linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RESEND] stm class: Remove unnecessary local variable in stm

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Message-ID: <83v7goano1.fsf@black.igk.intel.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2026 07:33:18 +0100
From: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>
To: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@...ux.dev>, Maxime Coquelin
 <mcoquelin.stm32@...il.com>, Alexandre Torgue
 <alexandre.torgue@...s.st.com>
Cc: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@...ux.dev>,
 linux-stm32@...md-mailman.stormreply.com,
 linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND] stm class: Remove unnecessary local variable in
 stm_write

Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@...ux.dev> writes:

> The local variable 'err' and the corresponding if check in stm_write()
> are unnecessary. Remove them.

Nice catch! Is this a result of manual code inspection or were any tools
used, an AI agent or a coccinelle script or whatnot?

Thanks,
--
Alex