Re: [PATCH] staging: vt6656: remove unneeded variable: ret

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On Sun, Mar 22, 2020 at 02:23:03AM -0700, John B. Wyatt IV wrote:
> Remove unneeded variable ret; replace with 0 for the return value.
> 
> Update function documentation (comment) on the return status as
> suggested by Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@xxxxxxxx>.
> 
> Issue reported by coccinelle (coccicheck).
> 
> Signed-off-by: John B. Wyatt IV <jbwyatt4@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/vt6656/card.c | 6 ++----
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/vt6656/card.c b/drivers/staging/vt6656/card.c
> index dc3ab10eb630..05b57a2489a0 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/vt6656/card.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/vt6656/card.c
> @@ -716,13 +716,11 @@ int vnt_radio_power_off(struct vnt_private *priv)
>   *  Out:
>   *      none
>   *
> - * Return Value: true if success; otherwise false
> + * Return Value: 0

If this always returns something, why have it return anything at all?

Why not make this a patch series, doing this, and then fixing up the
callers and the function to not return anything.

thanks,

greg k-h
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