Re: [patch V2 03/28] x86/speculation: Remove unnecessary ret variable in cpu_show_common()

[Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk]

On Sun, Nov 25, 2018 at 07:33:31PM +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thank you!
> 
> ---
>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c |    5 +----
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
> @@ -847,8 +847,6 @@ static ssize_t l1tf_show_state(char *buf
>  static ssize_t cpu_show_common(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
>  			       char *buf, unsigned int bug)
>  {
> -	int ret;
> -
>  	if (!boot_cpu_has_bug(bug))
>  		return sprintf(buf, "Not affected\n");
>  
> @@ -866,13 +864,12 @@ static ssize_t cpu_show_common(struct de
>  		return sprintf(buf, "Mitigation: __user pointer sanitization\n");
>  
>  	case X86_BUG_SPECTRE_V2:
> -		ret = sprintf(buf, "%s%s%s%s%s%s\n", spectre_v2_strings[spectre_v2_enabled],
> +		return sprintf(buf, "%s%s%s%s%s%s\n", spectre_v2_strings[spectre_v2_enabled],
>  			       boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_USE_IBPB) ? ", IBPB" : "",
>  			       boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_USE_IBRS_FW) ? ", IBRS_FW" : "",
>  			       (x86_spec_ctrl_base & SPEC_CTRL_STIBP) ? ", STIBP" : "",
>  			       boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_RSB_CTXSW) ? ", RSB filling" : "",
>  			       spectre_v2_module_string());
> -		return ret;
>  
>  	case X86_BUG_SPEC_STORE_BYPASS:
>  		return sprintf(buf, "%s\n", ssb_strings[ssb_mode]);
> 
>