netdev - Re: [PATCH v2] NFC: microread: Remove redundant assignment to variable err

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Date:   Tue, 1 Jun 2021 15:41:44 +0200
From:   Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...onical.com>
To:     Nigel Christian <nigel.l.christian@...il.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] NFC: microread: Remove redundant assignment to
 variable err

On 01/06/2021 15:35, Nigel Christian wrote:
> In the case MICROREAD_CB_TYPE_READER_ALL clang reports a dead code
> warning. The error code assigned to variable err is already passed
> to async_cb(). The assignment is redundant and can be removed.
> 
> Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value")
> Signed-off-by: Nigel Christian <nigel.l.christian@...il.com>
> ---
>  drivers/nfc/microread/microread.c | 1 -
>  1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/nfc/microread/microread.c b/drivers/nfc/microread/microread.c
> index 8d3988457c58..b1d3975e8a81 100644
> --- a/drivers/nfc/microread/microread.c
> +++ b/drivers/nfc/microread/microread.c
> @@ -364,7 +364,6 @@ static void microread_im_transceive_cb(void *context, struct sk_buff *skb,
>  	case MICROREAD_CB_TYPE_READER_ALL:
>  		if (err == 0) {
>  			if (skb->len == 0) {
> -				err = -EPROTO;
>  				kfree_skb(skb);
>  				info->async_cb(info->async_cb_context, NULL,
>  					       -EPROTO);
> 


Reviewed-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...onical.com>

Best regards,
Krzysztof