netdev - Re: [PATCH] libertas: remove redundant assignment to variable ret

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Date:   Wed, 2 Oct 2019 16:17:35 +0300
From:   Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>,
        Lubomir Rintel <lkundrak@...sk>
Cc:     Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        libertas-dev@...ts.infradead.org, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] libertas: remove redundant assignment to variable ret

Added Lubomir Rintel to the CC list.

On Wed, Oct 02, 2019 at 11:15:17AM +0100, Colin King wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> The variable ret is being assigned a value that is never read and is
> being re-assigned a little later on. The assignment is redundant and hence
> can be removed.
> 
> Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas/mesh.c | 1 -
>  1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas/mesh.c b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas/mesh.c
> index 2747c957d18c..44c8a550da4c 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas/mesh.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas/mesh.c
> @@ -1003,7 +1003,6 @@ static int lbs_add_mesh(struct lbs_private *priv)
>  	if (priv->mesh_tlv) {
>  		sprintf(mesh_wdev->ssid, "mesh");
>  		mesh_wdev->mesh_id_up_len = 4;
> -		ret = 1;
>  	}

Removing this is fine.  "ret = 1" is a mistake.

This was copy and pasted in commit 2199c9817670 ("libertas: use
mesh_wdev->ssid instead of priv->mesh_ssid").  The return value was
never used so it's not clear what returning 1 vs 0 was supposed to mean.

lbs_init_mesh() should just be a void function.

Reviewed-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>

regards,
dan carpenter