The variable ret is only assigned the values true and false. The function atl1c_read_eeprom already returns bool. Change ret 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/atheros/atl1c/atl1c_hw.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1c/atl1c_hw.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1c/atl1c_hw.c index 3ef7092..1cda49a 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1c/atl1c_hw.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1c/atl1c_hw.c @@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ static int atl1c_get_permanent_address(struct atl1c_hw *hw) bool atl1c_read_eeprom(struct atl1c_hw *hw, u32 offset, u32 *p_value) { int i; - int ret = false; + bool ret = false; u32 otp_ctrl_data; u32 control; u32 data; -- 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