Usually, this variable is used to hold the return value for a function of ours. Well, this is not the case. Its use does not match our pattern and therefore it is very misleading. Drop it and define an alternative @rc variable, but only in that single block where it is needed. Signed-off-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@xxxxxxxxxx> --- src/util/virnetdevmacvlan.c | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/util/virnetdevmacvlan.c b/src/util/virnetdevmacvlan.c index 95ab447..c8c16b5 100644 --- a/src/util/virnetdevmacvlan.c +++ b/src/util/virnetdevmacvlan.c @@ -994,7 +994,6 @@ virNetDevMacVLanCreateWithVPortProfile(const char *ifnameRequested, int retries, do_retry = 0; uint32_t macvtapMode; const char *ifnameCreated = NULL; - int ret; int vf = -1; bool vnet_hdr = flags & VIR_NETDEV_MACVLAN_VNET_HDR; @@ -1028,6 +1027,7 @@ virNetDevMacVLanCreateWithVPortProfile(const char *ifnameRequested, } if (ifnameRequested) { + int rc; bool isAutoName = (STRPREFIX(ifnameRequested, MACVTAP_NAME_PREFIX) || STRPREFIX(ifnameRequested, MACVLAN_NAME_PREFIX)); @@ -1035,11 +1035,11 @@ virNetDevMacVLanCreateWithVPortProfile(const char *ifnameRequested, VIR_INFO("Requested macvtap device name: %s", ifnameRequested); virMutexLock(&virNetDevMacVLanCreateMutex); - if ((ret = virNetDevExists(ifnameRequested)) < 0) { + if ((rc = virNetDevExists(ifnameRequested)) < 0) { virMutexUnlock(&virNetDevMacVLanCreateMutex); return -1; } - if (ret) { + if (rc) { if (isAutoName) goto create_name; virReportSystemError(EEXIST, -- 2.8.4 -- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list