From: Colin Ian King <[email protected]>
Variable err is assigned -ENODEV followed by an error return path
via label error_out that does not access the variable and returns
with the -ENODEV error return code. The assignment to err is
redundant and can be removed.
Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value")
Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <[email protected]>
---
drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/usb.c | 1 -
1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/usb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/usb.c
index 6c5e242b1bc5..37a9a03123f3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/usb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/usb.c
@@ -1070,7 +1070,6 @@ int rtl_usb_probe(struct usb_interface *intf,
err = ieee80211_register_hw(hw);
if (err) {
pr_err("Can't register mac80211 hw.\n");
- err = -ENODEV;
goto error_out;
}
rtlpriv->mac80211.mac80211_registered = 1;
--
2.30.2
Colin King <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <[email protected]>
>
> Variable err is assigned -ENODEV followed by an error return path
> via label error_out that does not access the variable and returns
> with the -ENODEV error return code. The assignment to err is
> redundant and can be removed.
>
> Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <[email protected]>
Patch applied to wireless-drivers-next.git, thanks.
87431bc1f0f6 rtlwifi: remove redundant assignment to variable err
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https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches