This patch remove variables that are initialized with a constant, are never updated, and are only used as parameter of return. Return the constant instead of using a variable. Verified by compilation only. The coccinelle script that find and fixes this issue is: // <smpl> @@ type T; constant C; identifier ret; @@ - T ret = C; ... when != ret - return ret; + return C; // </smpl> Signed-off-by: Peter Senna Tschudin <peter.senna@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/media/as102/as102_usb_drv.c | 7 +++---- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/as102/as102_usb_drv.c b/drivers/staging/media/as102/as102_usb_drv.c index e4a6945..e6f6278 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/media/as102/as102_usb_drv.c +++ b/drivers/staging/media/as102/as102_usb_drv.c @@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ static void as102_free_usb_stream_buffer(struct as102_dev_t *dev) static int as102_alloc_usb_stream_buffer(struct as102_dev_t *dev) { - int i, ret = 0; + int i; dev->stream = usb_alloc_coherent(dev->bus_adap.usb_dev, MAX_STREAM_URB * AS102_USB_BUF_SIZE, @@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ static int as102_alloc_usb_stream_buffer(struct as102_dev_t *dev) dev->stream_urb[i] = urb; } - return ret; + return 0; } static void as102_usb_stop_stream(struct as102_dev_t *dev) @@ -458,7 +458,6 @@ exit: static int as102_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file) { - int ret = 0; struct as102_dev_t *dev = NULL; dev = file->private_data; @@ -467,7 +466,7 @@ static int as102_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file) kref_put(&dev->kref, as102_usb_release); } - return ret; + return 0; } MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(usb, as102_usb_id_table); -- 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