Re: [PATCH] Silent compiler warning introduced by commit 801c135ce73d5df1caf3eca35b66a10824ae0707(UBI: Unsorted Block Images)

From: Jiri Slaby
Date: Sun Feb 10 2008 - 03:39:41 EST


On 02/10/2008 04:37 AM, S.ÃaÄlar Onur wrote:
Hi;

Following patch silents

drivers/mtd/ubi/vmt.c: In function `ubi_create_volume':
drivers/mtd/ubi/vmt.c:379: warning: statement with no effect

compiler warning introduced by commit 801c135ce73d5df1caf3eca35b66a10824ae0707 (UBI: Unsorted Block Images)

Signed-off-by: S.ÃaÄlar Onur <caglar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

drivers/mtd/ubi/vmt.c | 2 +-
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/vmt.c b/drivers/mtd/ubi/vmt.c
index a3ca225..eafeaf0 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/vmt.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/vmt.c
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ out_sysfs:
get_device(&vol->dev);
volume_sysfs_close(vol);
out_gluebi:
- ubi_destroy_gluebi(vol);
+ err = ubi_destroy_gluebi(vol);
out_cdev:
cdev_del(&vol->cdev);
out_mapping:

I think this is not correct. You change the err which caused the failure. You change it even to 0 if it doesn't fail and the whole function will seem like non-failing.
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