Re: [PATCH] drivers/hwmon: remove redundant freq variable

From: Guenter Roeck
Date: Wed Jan 12 2022 - 10:44:52 EST


On Wed, Jan 12, 2022 at 08:26:02AM +0000, cgel.zte@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Minghao Chi <chi.minghao@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Return value directly instead of taking this in another redundant
> variable.
>

Again, please stop sending me such patches. And, again, the variable
is not "redundant" even though there is a partial match in meaning.
A better term would be "unnecessary". However, as mentioned before,
that is POV because we don't know if the original submitter kept
the variable to simplify adding debug code.

Guenter

> Reported-by: Zeal Robot <zealci@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Minghao Chi <chi.minghao@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: CGEL ZTE <cgel.zte@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/hwmon/w83627hf.c | 4 +---
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/w83627hf.c b/drivers/hwmon/w83627hf.c
> index 9be277156ed2..0feb581975cf 100644
> --- a/drivers/hwmon/w83627hf.c
> +++ b/drivers/hwmon/w83627hf.c
> @@ -283,9 +283,7 @@ static int TEMP_FROM_REG(u8 reg)
>
> static inline unsigned long pwm_freq_from_reg_627hf(u8 reg)
> {
> - unsigned long freq;
> - freq = W83627HF_BASE_PWM_FREQ >> reg;
> - return freq;
> + return W83627HF_BASE_PWM_FREQ >> reg;
> }
> static inline u8 pwm_freq_to_reg_627hf(unsigned long val)
> {
> --
> 2.25.1
>