Re: [PATCH 1/2] drm/bridge: imx8qxp-ldb: cleanup return value

[Liu Ying]

On 03/07/2025, Luca Ceresoli wrote:
> Hello Liu,
> 
> On Fri, 7 Mar 2025 14:42:12 +0800
> Liu Ying <victor.liu@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> On 03/07/2025, Luca Ceresoli wrote:
>>> 'ret' can only be 0 at this point, being preceded by a 'if (ret) return
>>> ret;'. So return 0 for clarity.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Luca Ceresoli <luca.ceresoli@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> ---
>>>  drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/imx/imx8qxp-ldb.c | 2 +-
>>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/imx/imx8qxp-ldb.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/imx/imx8qxp-ldb.c
>>> index 7bce2305d676714cdec7ce085cb53b25ce42f8e7..bee1c6002d5f84dc33b6d5dc123726703baa427e 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/imx/imx8qxp-ldb.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/imx/imx8qxp-ldb.c
>>> @@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ static int imx8qxp_ldb_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>>>  
>>>  	ldb_add_bridge_helper(ldb, &imx8qxp_ldb_bridge_funcs);
>>>  
>>> -	return ret;
>>> +	return 0;  
>>
>> I guess this is not the only place across the kernel tree where this cleanup
>> could be done.  So, maybe use some tools to cleanup them all?
> 
> I had stumbled upon this as I was doing some changes to this function,
> and needed to understand the code flow. Definitely 'ret 0' would have
> made it  immediately clear that all the code between the last 'if (ret)
> return ret;' and the final 'return ret' is not allowed to fail.
> 
> I think this change would (slightly, but still) improve future readers'
> life.

Reviewed-by: Liu Ying <victor.liu@xxxxxxx>

> 
> Luca
>