Re: [PATCH] ARM: omap2: remove unneeded variable: "errata"

[Russell King - ARM Linux admin]

On Wed, Jun 23, 2021 at 08:27:51PM -0700, 13145886936@xxxxxxx wrote:
> From: gushengxian <gushengxian@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Remove unneeded variable: "errata".
> 
> Signed-off-by: gushengxian <gushengxian@xxxxxxxxxx>

NAK.

> diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/dma.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/dma.c
> index dfc9b21ff19b..ba4a48e3d264 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/dma.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/dma.c
> @@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ static const struct omap_dma_reg reg_map[] = {
>  
>  static unsigned configure_dma_errata(void)
>  {
> -	unsigned errata = 0;
>  
>  	/*
>  	 * Errata applicable for OMAP2430ES1.0 and all omap2420
> @@ -158,7 +157,7 @@ static unsigned configure_dma_errata(void)
>  	if (cpu_is_omap34xx() && (omap_type() != OMAP2_DEVICE_TYPE_GP))
>  		SET_DMA_ERRATA(DMA_ROMCODE_BUG);
>  
> -	return errata;
> +	return 0;

It is _not_ "unneeded" and you clearly have not compiled the resulting
code from your patch.

#define SET_DMA_ERRATA(id)              (errata |= (id))

errata is used inside the SET_DMA_ERRATA() macro. Hence, building
mach-omap2/dma.c would have failed.

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