Re: [PATCH] Removed unused variable

[Jeff Layton]

A more descriptive title is preferred: "Remove unused variable from
nfs4_ff_alloc_deviceid_node()"

On Wed, 2025-12-10 at 21:59 +0100, Pycode wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Pycode <pycode42@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Removed the unused variable ret in
> fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayoutdev.c
> 
> (Disclaimer this is my first patch, be sorry if I have done anything
> wrong!)
> ---
>  fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayoutdev.c | 4 +---
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayoutdev.c b/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayoutdev.c
> index c55ea8fa3bfa..9cd04e85d52f 100644
> --- a/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayoutdev.c
> +++ b/fs/nfs/flexfilelayout/flexfilelayoutdev.c
> @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ nfs4_ff_alloc_deviceid_node(struct nfs_server *server, struct pnfs_device *pdev,
>  	u32 mp_count;
>  	u32 version_count;
>  	__be32 *p;
> -	int i, ret = -ENOMEM;
> +	int i = -ENOMEM;
>  

No need to initialize this.

>  	/* set up xdr stream */
>  	scratch = folio_alloc(gfp_flags, 0);
> @@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ nfs4_ff_alloc_deviceid_node(struct nfs_server *server, struct pnfs_device *pdev,
>  	if (list_empty(&dsaddrs)) {
>  		dprintk("%s: no suitable DS addresses found\n",
>  			__func__);
> -		ret = -ENOMEDIUM;
>  		goto out_err_drain_dsaddrs;
>  	}
>  
> @@ -134,7 +133,6 @@ nfs4_ff_alloc_deviceid_node(struct nfs_server *server, struct pnfs_device *pdev,
>  			dprintk("%s: [%d] unsupported ds version %d-%d\n", __func__,
>  				i, ds_versions[i].version,
>  				ds_versions[i].minor_version);
> -			ret = -EPROTONOSUPPORT;
>  			goto out_err_drain_dsaddrs;
>  		}
>  

What about the dprintk() at the bottom of this function? Does this
actually build?

-- 
Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx>