Re: [PATCH v2] mmc: sdhci-cadence: fix logically and structurally dead code

From: Ulf Hansson
Date: Fri Apr 20 2018 - 03:10:22 EST


On 19 April 2018 at 17:59, Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Currently, the code block inside the for loop will never execute
> more than once, because the function returns inmediately after
> the first iteration, hence the execution of the code at the second
> iteration is structurally dead and, code at line 281: return 0; is
> never reached.
>
> Fix this by checking _ret_ before return.
>
> Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1468009 ("Logically dead code")
> Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1468002 ("Structurally dead code")
> Suggested-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks, applied for next and by fixing the minor spelling mistake in
the changelog.

Kind regards
Uffe

> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - Update changelog.
> - Drop the 'Fixes' tag.
> - Add check on ret instead of removing the "return ret;" line.
> - Thanks to Masahiro Yamada for the feedback provided.
>
> drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-cadence.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-cadence.c b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-cadence.c
> index bc30d16..7a343b8 100644
> --- a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-cadence.c
> +++ b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-cadence.c
> @@ -274,8 +274,8 @@ static int sdhci_cdns_set_tune_val(struct sdhci_host *host, unsigned int val)
> ret = readl_poll_timeout(reg, tmp,
> !(tmp & SDHCI_CDNS_HRS06_TUNE_UP),
> 0, 1);
> -
> - return ret;
> + if (ret)
> + return ret;
> }
>
> return 0;
> --
> 2.7.4
>