netdev - [PATCH] bnx2: remove deadcode in bnx2_init

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Date:   Sat, 18 Feb 2023 16:00:16 +0300
From:   Maxim Korotkov <korotkov.maxim.s@...il.com>
To:     Rasesh Mody <rmody@...vell.com>
Cc:     Maxim Korotkov <korotkov.maxim.s@...il.com>,
        GR-Linux-NIC-Dev@...vell.com,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Michael Chan <mchan@...adcom.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, lvc-project@...uxtesting.org
Subject: [PATCH] bnx2: remove deadcode in bnx2_init_cpus()

The load_cpu_fw function has no error return code
and always returns zero. Checking the value returned by
this function does not make sense.
As a result, bnx2_init_cpus will also return only zero

Found by Security Code and Linux Verification
Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE

Fixes: 57579f7629a3 ("bnx2: Use request_firmware()")
Signed-off-by: Maxim Korotkov <korotkov.maxim.s@...il.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2.c | 22 ++++++----------------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2.c
index 9f473854b0f4..4dacb65a7348 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2.c
@@ -3908,37 +3908,27 @@ bnx2_init_cpus(struct bnx2 *bp)
 		(const struct bnx2_mips_fw_file *) bp->mips_firmware->data;
 	const struct bnx2_rv2p_fw_file *rv2p_fw =
 		(const struct bnx2_rv2p_fw_file *) bp->rv2p_firmware->data;
-	int rc;
 
 	/* Initialize the RV2P processor. */
 	load_rv2p_fw(bp, RV2P_PROC1, &rv2p_fw->proc1);
 	load_rv2p_fw(bp, RV2P_PROC2, &rv2p_fw->proc2);
 
 	/* Initialize the RX Processor. */
-	rc = load_cpu_fw(bp, &cpu_reg_rxp, &mips_fw->rxp);
-	if (rc)
-		goto init_cpu_err;
+	(void)load_cpu_fw(bp, &cpu_reg_rxp, &mips_fw->rxp);
 
 	/* Initialize the TX Processor. */
-	rc = load_cpu_fw(bp, &cpu_reg_txp, &mips_fw->txp);
-	if (rc)
-		goto init_cpu_err;
+	(void)load_cpu_fw(bp, &cpu_reg_txp, &mips_fw->txp);
 
 	/* Initialize the TX Patch-up Processor. */
-	rc = load_cpu_fw(bp, &cpu_reg_tpat, &mips_fw->tpat);
-	if (rc)
-		goto init_cpu_err;
+	(void)load_cpu_fw(bp, &cpu_reg_tpat, &mips_fw->tpat);
 
 	/* Initialize the Completion Processor. */
-	rc = load_cpu_fw(bp, &cpu_reg_com, &mips_fw->com);
-	if (rc)
-		goto init_cpu_err;
+	(void)load_cpu_fw(bp, &cpu_reg_com, &mips_fw->com);
 
 	/* Initialize the Command Processor. */
-	rc = load_cpu_fw(bp, &cpu_reg_cp, &mips_fw->cp);
+	(void)load_cpu_fw(bp, &cpu_reg_cp, &mips_fw->cp);
 
-init_cpu_err:
-	return rc;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static void
-- 
2.37.2