Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: os_dep: remove unneeded variable ret

[SAURAV GIREPUNJE]

On Thu, Apr 22, 2021 at 10:41:07AM +0200, Greg KH wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 18, 2021 at 10:18:13PM +0530, Saurav Girepunje wrote:
> > Fix the following coccicheck warning:
> > 
> > drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/os_intfs.c:1156:5-8:
> > Unneeded variable: "ret". Return "0" on line 1199
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Saurav Girepunje <saurav.girepunje@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/os_intfs.c | 3 +--
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/os_intfs.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/os_intfs.c
> > index 1f34cb2e367c..920ec25c9a4f 100644
> > --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/os_intfs.c
> > +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/os_intfs.c
> > @@ -1153,7 +1153,6 @@ int rtw_suspend_common(struct adapter *padapter)
> >  	struct pwrctrl_priv *pwrpriv = dvobj_to_pwrctl(psdpriv);
> >  	struct mlme_priv *pmlmepriv = &padapter->mlmepriv;
> >  
> > -	int ret = 0;
> >  	unsigned long start_time = jiffies;
> >  
> >  	DBG_871X_LEVEL(_drv_always_, " suspend start\n");
> > @@ -1196,7 +1195,7 @@ int rtw_suspend_common(struct adapter *padapter)
> >  
> >  exit:
> >  
> > -	return ret;
> > +	return 0;
> >  }
> >  
> >  static int rtw_resume_process_normal(struct adapter *padapter)
> > -- 
> > 2.25.1
> > 
> > 
> 
> If this function can only ever return 0, why is it returning anything at
> all?  Please fix it up to not do that.
> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h

Yes,this function always return 0. Function return type could be change
to void. I will send another patch.