The variable rc is only assigned the values true and false. The function bnx2x_prev_is_path_marked already returns bool. Change rc type to bool. The simplified semantic patch that find this problem is as follows (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/): @exists@ type T; identifier b; @@ - T + bool b = ...; ... when any b = \(true\|false\) Signed-off-by: Peter Senna Tschudin <peter.senna@xxxxxxxxx> --- Changes from v1: - Added subsystem prefix to shortlog drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c index fccfc1d..105cc80 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c @@ -9874,7 +9874,7 @@ static int bnx2x_prev_path_mark_eeh(struct bnx2x *bp) static bool bnx2x_prev_is_path_marked(struct bnx2x *bp) { struct bnx2x_prev_path_list *tmp_list; - int rc = false; + bool rc = false; if (down_trylock(&bnx2x_prev_sem)) return false; -- 1.8.3.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html