cppcheck warning: sound/soc/samsung/tm2_wm5110.c:605:6: style: Variable 'ret' is reassigned a value before the old one has been used. [redundantAssignment] ret = devm_snd_soc_register_component(dev, &tm2_component, ^ sound/soc/samsung/tm2_wm5110.c:554:7: note: ret is assigned ret = of_parse_phandle_with_args(dev->of_node, "i2s-controller", ^ sound/soc/samsung/tm2_wm5110.c:605:6: note: ret is overwritten ret = devm_snd_soc_register_component(dev, &tm2_component, ^ it seems wise to first test the return value before checking if the returned argument is not null? Signed-off-by: Pierre-Louis Bossart <pierre-louis.bossart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- sound/soc/samsung/tm2_wm5110.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/sound/soc/samsung/tm2_wm5110.c b/sound/soc/samsung/tm2_wm5110.c index 9300fef9bf26..da6204248f82 100644 --- a/sound/soc/samsung/tm2_wm5110.c +++ b/sound/soc/samsung/tm2_wm5110.c @@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ static int tm2_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) ret = of_parse_phandle_with_args(dev->of_node, "i2s-controller", cells_name, i, &args); - if (!args.np) { + if (ret || !args.np) { dev_err(dev, "i2s-controller property parse error: %d\n", i); ret = -EINVAL; goto dai_node_put; -- 2.25.1