netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] bnx2: remove deadcode in bnx2_init

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Message-ID: <20230309225710.78cd606c@kernel.org>
Date:   Thu, 9 Mar 2023 22:57:10 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Maxim Korotkov <korotkov.maxim.s@...il.com>
Cc:     Rasesh Mody <rmody@...vell.com>, GR-Linux-NIC-Dev@...vell.com,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Michael Chan <mchan@...adcom.com>,
        Vadim Fedorenko <vadim.fedorenko@...ux.dev>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        lvc-project@...uxtesting.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] bnx2: remove deadcode in bnx2_init_cpus()

On Thu,  9 Mar 2023 20:42:31 +0300 Maxim Korotkov wrote:
> 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
> Therefore, it will be safe to change the type of functions
> to void and remove checking

True, but you need to tell the reader why you're making the change.
One of the impossible-to-hit error handling paths is missing unwind
or some such?