Re: [PATCH v2] bnx2: remove deadcode in bnx2_init_cpus()

From: Paolo Abeni
Date: Tue Feb 21 2023 - 04:39:49 EST


On Sun, 2023-02-19 at 18:22 +0300, Maxim Korotkov wrote:
> The load_cpu_fw function has no error return code
> and always returns zero. Checking the value returned by
> this function does not make sense.
> As a result, bnx2_init_cpus() will also return only zero
> Therefore, it will be safe to change the type of functions
> to void and remove checking
>
> Found by Security Code and Linux Verification
> Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE
>
> Fixes: 57579f7629a3 ("bnx2: Use request_firmware()")
> Signed-off-by: Maxim Korotkov <korotkov.maxim.s@xxxxxxxxx>

I agree with Vadim, this looks like net-next material.

The net-next tree is currently closed. Please re-post when net-next re-
opens, in ~2 weeks, with the Fixes tag stripped.

Thanks!

Paolo