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Date:   Thu, 22 Apr 2021 10:41:07 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To:     Saurav Girepunje <saurav.girepunje@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: os_dep: remove unneeded variable ret
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On Sun, Apr 18, 2021 at 10:18:13PM +0530, Saurav Girepunje wrote:
> Fix the following coccicheck warning:
> 
> drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/os_intfs.c:1156:5-8:
> Unneeded variable: "ret". Return "0" on line 1199
> 
> Signed-off-by: Saurav Girepunje <saurav.girepunje@google.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/os_intfs.c | 3 +--
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/os_intfs.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/os_intfs.c
> index 1f34cb2e367c..920ec25c9a4f 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/os_intfs.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/os_intfs.c
> @@ -1153,7 +1153,6 @@ int rtw_suspend_common(struct adapter *padapter)
>  	struct pwrctrl_priv *pwrpriv = dvobj_to_pwrctl(psdpriv);
>  	struct mlme_priv *pmlmepriv = &padapter->mlmepriv;
>  
> -	int ret = 0;
>  	unsigned long start_time = jiffies;
>  
>  	DBG_871X_LEVEL(_drv_always_, " suspend start\n");
> @@ -1196,7 +1195,7 @@ int rtw_suspend_common(struct adapter *padapter)
>  
>  exit:
>  
> -	return ret;
> +	return 0;
>  }
>  
>  static int rtw_resume_process_normal(struct adapter *padapter)
> -- 
> 2.25.1
> 
> 

If this function can only ever return 0, why is it returning anything at
all?  Please fix it up to not do that.

thanks,

greg k-h