Re: [PATCH] cxgb4: remove unneeded variable

[Heiner Kallweit]

On 31.08.2021 08:22, cgel.zte@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Chi Minghao <chi.minghao@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Fix the following coccicheck REVIEW:
> ./drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/t4_hw.c:3266:5-8 REVIEW Unneeded
> variable
> 
> Reported-by: Zeal Robot <zealci@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Chi Minghao <chi.minghao@xxxxxxxxxx>

This patch is simply wrong and obviously not even compile-tested.
You would have found out by looking 5s at the code of the function.
Look at what the FIRST_RET macro is doing.
Please don't blindly trust tools and check patches proposed by tools.

> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/t4_hw.c | 4 +---
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/t4_hw.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/t4_hw.c
> index 5e8ac42ac6ab..c986a414414b 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/t4_hw.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/t4_hw.c
> @@ -3263,8 +3263,6 @@ int t4_get_scfg_version(struct adapter *adapter, u32 *vers)
>   */
>  int t4_get_version_info(struct adapter *adapter)
>  {
> -	int ret = 0;
> -
>  	#define FIRST_RET(__getvinfo) \
>  	do { \
>  		int __ret = __getvinfo; \
> @@ -3280,7 +3278,7 @@ int t4_get_version_info(struct adapter *adapter)
>  	FIRST_RET(t4_get_vpd_version(adapter, &adapter->params.vpd_vers));
>  
>  	#undef FIRST_RET
> -	return ret;
> +	return 0;
>  }
>  
>  /**
>