netdev - dead code in vhost.c

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Date:   Thu, 14 Feb 2019 08:03:46 -0800
From:   Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To:     mst@...hat.com, jasowang@...hat.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: dead code in vhost.c


Coverity found this obvious bug

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*** CID 1442593:  Control flow issues  (DEADCODE)
/drivers/vhost/vhost.c: 1795 in log_used()
1789     	ret = translate_desc(vq, (uintptr_t)vq->used + used_offset,
1790     			     len, iov, 64, VHOST_ACCESS_WO);
1791     	if (ret)
1792     		return ret;
1793     
1794     	for (i = 0; i < ret; i++) {
>>>     CID 1442593:  Control flow issues  (DEADCODE)
>>>     Execution cannot reach this statement: "ret = log_write_hva(vq, (ui...".  
1795     		ret = log_write_hva(vq,	(uintptr_t)iov[i].iov_base,
1796     				    iov[i].iov_len);
1797     		if (ret)
1798     			return ret;
1799     	}
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