Re: [PATCH][next] net: dsa: sja1105: Fix assigned yet unused return code rc

From: Dan Carpenter
Date: Thu Jun 10 2021 - 14:20:05 EST


On Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 08:51:24PM +0300, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 09:23:58AM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> > On Wed, Jun 09, 2021 at 06:43:53PM +0100, Colin King wrote:
> > > From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > The return code variable rc is being set to return error values in two
> > > places in sja1105_mdiobus_base_tx_register and yet it is not being
> > > returned, the function always returns 0 instead. Fix this by replacing
> > > the return 0 with the return code rc.
> > >
> > > Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value")
> > > Fixes: 5a8f09748ee7 ("net: dsa: sja1105: register the MDIO buses for 100base-T1 and 100base-TX")
> > > Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > > drivers/net/dsa/sja1105/sja1105_mdio.c | 2 +-
> > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/sja1105/sja1105_mdio.c b/drivers/net/dsa/sja1105/sja1105_mdio.c
> > > index 8dfd06318b23..08517c70cb48 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/net/dsa/sja1105/sja1105_mdio.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/net/dsa/sja1105/sja1105_mdio.c
> > > @@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ static int sja1105_mdiobus_base_tx_register(struct sja1105_private *priv,
> > > out_put_np:
> > > of_node_put(np);
> > >
> > > - return 0;
> > > + return rc;
> >
> > Should this function really return success if of_device_is_available()?
>
> If _not_ of_device_is_available you mean? Yup. Nothing wrong with not
> having an internal MDIO bus. This is a driver which supports switches
> that do and switches that don't, and even if the node exists, it may
> have status = "disabled", which is again fine.
> Or am I misunderstanding the question?

Yeah. I left out the "!". That answers the question. Thanks!

regards,
dan carpenter