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Date:   Tue, 25 Dec 2018 11:06:08 +0300
From:   Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][V2] drivers/net: appletalk/cops: remove redundant if
 statement and mask

On 24.12.2018 22:41, Colin King wrote:

> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> The two different assignments for pkt_len are actually the same and
> so the if statement is redundant and can be removed.  Masking a u8
> return value from inb() with 0xFF is also redundant and can also be
> emoved.

    Removed. :-)

> Similarly, the two different outb calls are identical as the mask
> of 0xff on the second outb is redundant since a u8 is being written,
> so the if statement is also redundant and can be also removed.
> 
> Detected by CoverityScan, CID#1475639 ("Identical code for different
> branches")
> 
> ---
> 
> V2: Remove the if statement for the outb calls, thanks to David
> Miller for spotting this.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
[...]

MBR, Sergei

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