[PATCH] crypto: qce - Remove return variable and unused assignments

From: Thorsten Blum

Date: Mon Mar 02 2026 - 06:40:06 EST


In qce_aead_done(), the return variable 'ret' is no longer used - remove
it. And qce_aead_prepare_dst_buf() jumps directly to 'dst_tbl_free:' on
error and returns 'sg' - drop the useless 'ret' assignments.

Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/crypto/qce/aead.c | 12 +++---------
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/crypto/qce/aead.c b/drivers/crypto/qce/aead.c
index 97b56e92ea33..67a87a7d6abd 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/qce/aead.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/qce/aead.c
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ static void qce_aead_done(void *data)
u32 status;
unsigned int totallen;
unsigned char tag[SHA256_DIGEST_SIZE] = {0};
- int ret = 0;

diff_dst = (req->src != req->dst) ? true : false;
dir_src = diff_dst ? DMA_TO_DEVICE : DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL;
@@ -79,8 +78,7 @@ static void qce_aead_done(void *data)
} else if (!IS_CCM(rctx->flags)) {
totallen = req->cryptlen + req->assoclen - ctx->authsize;
scatterwalk_map_and_copy(tag, req->src, totallen, ctx->authsize, 0);
- ret = memcmp(result_buf->auth_iv, tag, ctx->authsize);
- if (ret) {
+ if (memcmp(result_buf->auth_iv, tag, ctx->authsize)) {
pr_err("Bad message error\n");
error = -EBADMSG;
}
@@ -144,16 +142,12 @@ qce_aead_prepare_dst_buf(struct aead_request *req)

sg = qce_sgtable_add(&rctx->dst_tbl, &rctx->adata_sg,
rctx->assoclen);
- if (IS_ERR(sg)) {
- ret = PTR_ERR(sg);
+ if (IS_ERR(sg))
goto dst_tbl_free;
- }
/* dst buffer */
sg = qce_sgtable_add(&rctx->dst_tbl, msg_sg, rctx->cryptlen);
- if (IS_ERR(sg)) {
- ret = PTR_ERR(sg);
+ if (IS_ERR(sg))
goto dst_tbl_free;
- }
totallen = rctx->cryptlen + rctx->assoclen;
} else {
if (totallen) {
--
Thorsten Blum <thorsten.blum@xxxxxxxxx>
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