Re: [PATCH] staging: r8188eu: remove unneeded variable

[Pavel Skripkin]

On 11/9/21 15:18, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> > >   static int _rtw_init_evt_priv(struct evt_priv *pevtpriv)
> > >   {
> > > -	int res = _SUCCESS;
> > > -
> > >   	/* allocate DMA-able/Non-Page memory for cmd_buf and rsp_buf */
> > >   	atomic_set(&pevtpriv->event_seq, 0);
> > >   	pevtpriv->evt_done_cnt = 0;
> > > @@ -72,7 +70,7 @@ static int _rtw_init_evt_priv(struct evt_priv *pevtpriv)
> > >   	pevtpriv->c2h_wk_alive = false;
> > >   	pevtpriv->c2h_queue = rtw_cbuf_alloc(C2H_QUEUE_MAX_LEN + 1);
> > > -	return res;
> > > +	return _SUCCESS;
> > >   }
> >
> > Shouldn't it return just void then?
>
> There is only one caller.  It should be folded into the caller and
> deleted.  Then the caller could be made void.

Ah, I see. I've overlooked, that this function name starts with _ and 
the wrapper just does `return _rtw_init_evt_priv();`. Interesting 
approach...

I agree, that _rtw_init_evt_priv should be just renamed to 
rtw_init_evt_priv() and the old wrapper should be just removed



With regards,
Pavel Skripkin