Re: [Outreachy kernel] [PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: Merge assignment with return

From: Julia Lawall
Date: Thu Sep 14 2017 - 08:29:56 EST




On Thu, 14 Sep 2017, Harsha Sharma wrote:

> Merge assignment with return statement to directly return the value.
> Done using following coccinelle semantic patch
>
> @@
> local idexpression ret;
> expression e;
> @@
>
> -ret =
> +return
> e;
> -return ret;

Acked-by: Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@xxxxxxx>

Many of these examples have the property that ret is assigned to 0 but
that value is never used. You could try using Coccinelle to see whether
that occurs in other cases.

julia


>
> Signed-off-by: Harsha Sharma <harshasharmaiitr@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c | 20 ++++----------------
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c
> index ffbb35a..6a8f805 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c
> @@ -2123,12 +2123,9 @@ static int rtw_wx_set_gen_ie(struct net_device *dev,
> struct iw_request_info *info,
> union iwreq_data *wrqu, char *extra)
> {
> - int ret;
> struct adapter *padapter = (struct adapter *)rtw_netdev_priv(dev);
>
> - ret = rtw_set_wpa_ie(padapter, extra, wrqu->data.length);
> -
> - return ret;
> + return rtw_set_wpa_ie(padapter, extra, wrqu->data.length);
> }
>
> static int rtw_wx_set_auth(struct net_device *dev,
> @@ -3857,7 +3854,6 @@ static int rtw_hostapd_sta_flush(struct net_device *dev)
> {
> /* _irqL irqL; */
> /* struct list_head *phead, *plist; */
> - int ret = 0;
> /* struct sta_info *psta = NULL; */
> struct adapter *padapter = (struct adapter *)rtw_netdev_priv(dev);
> /* struct sta_priv *pstapriv = &padapter->stapriv; */
> @@ -3866,9 +3862,7 @@ static int rtw_hostapd_sta_flush(struct net_device *dev)
>
> flush_all_cam_entry(padapter); /* clear CAM */
>
> - ret = rtw_sta_flush(padapter);
> -
> - return ret;
> + return rtw_sta_flush(padapter);
>
> }
>
> @@ -4266,7 +4260,6 @@ static int rtw_set_hidden_ssid(struct net_device *dev, struct ieee_param *param,
>
> static int rtw_ioctl_acl_remove_sta(struct net_device *dev, struct ieee_param *param, int len)
> {
> - int ret = 0;
> struct adapter *padapter = (struct adapter *)rtw_netdev_priv(dev);
> struct mlme_priv *pmlmepriv = &(padapter->mlmepriv);
>
> @@ -4279,15 +4272,12 @@ static int rtw_ioctl_acl_remove_sta(struct net_device *dev, struct ieee_param *p
> return -EINVAL;
> }
>
> - ret = rtw_acl_remove_sta(padapter, param->sta_addr);
> -
> - return ret;
> + return rtw_acl_remove_sta(padapter, param->sta_addr);
>
> }
>
> static int rtw_ioctl_acl_add_sta(struct net_device *dev, struct ieee_param *param, int len)
> {
> - int ret = 0;
> struct adapter *padapter = (struct adapter *)rtw_netdev_priv(dev);
> struct mlme_priv *pmlmepriv = &(padapter->mlmepriv);
>
> @@ -4300,9 +4290,7 @@ static int rtw_ioctl_acl_add_sta(struct net_device *dev, struct ieee_param *para
> return -EINVAL;
> }
>
> - ret = rtw_acl_add_sta(padapter, param->sta_addr);
> -
> - return ret;
> + return rtw_acl_add_sta(padapter, param->sta_addr);
>
> }
>
> --
> 1.9.1
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