From: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@xxxxxxx> Delete unnecessary local variable whose value is always 0 and that hides the fact that the result is always 0. A simplified version of the semantic patch that fixes this problem is as follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) // <smpl> @r exists@ local idexpression ret; expression e; position p; @@ -ret = 0; ... when != ret = e return - ret + 0 ; // </smpl> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@xxxxxxx> --- sound/oss/mpu401.c | 4 +--- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/sound/oss/mpu401.c b/sound/oss/mpu401.c index 25e4609..3bbc3ec 100644 --- a/sound/oss/mpu401.c +++ b/sound/oss/mpu401.c @@ -567,7 +567,6 @@ static int mpu401_out(int dev, unsigned char midi_byte) static int mpu401_command(int dev, mpu_command_rec * cmd) { int i, timeout, ok; - int ret = 0; unsigned long flags; struct mpu_config *devc; @@ -644,7 +643,6 @@ retry: } } } - ret = 0; cmd->data[0] = 0; if (cmd->nr_returns) @@ -666,7 +664,7 @@ retry: } } spin_unlock_irqrestore(&devc->lock,flags); - return ret; + return 0; } static int mpu_cmd(int dev, int cmd, int data) -- 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