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/ozwpan/ozhcd.c | 6 ++---- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/ozwpan/ozhcd.c b/drivers/staging/ozwpan/ozhcd.c index b3d401a..7be0058 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/ozwpan/ozhcd.c +++ b/drivers/staging/ozwpan/ozhcd.c @@ -1997,7 +1997,6 @@ static void oz_get_hub_descriptor(struct usb_hcd *hcd, static int oz_set_port_feature(struct usb_hcd *hcd, u16 wvalue, u16 windex) { struct oz_port *port; - int err = 0; u8 port_id = (u8)windex; struct oz_hcd *ozhcd = oz_hcd_private(hcd); unsigned set_bits = 0; @@ -2064,7 +2063,7 @@ static int oz_set_port_feature(struct usb_hcd *hcd, u16 wvalue, u16 windex) spin_unlock_bh(&port->port_lock); } oz_dbg(HUB, "Port[%d] status = 0x%x\n", port_id, port->status); - return err; + return 0; } /* @@ -2073,7 +2072,6 @@ static int oz_set_port_feature(struct usb_hcd *hcd, u16 wvalue, u16 windex) static int oz_clear_port_feature(struct usb_hcd *hcd, u16 wvalue, u16 windex) { struct oz_port *port; - int err = 0; u8 port_id = (u8)windex; struct oz_hcd *ozhcd = oz_hcd_private(hcd); unsigned clear_bits = 0; @@ -2140,7 +2138,7 @@ static int oz_clear_port_feature(struct usb_hcd *hcd, u16 wvalue, u16 windex) } oz_dbg(HUB, "Port[%d] status = 0x%x\n", port_id, ozhcd->ports[port_id-1].status); - return err; + return 0; } /* -- 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