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/et131x/et131x.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/et131x/et131x.c b/drivers/staging/et131x/et131x.c index 15e0f4d..845aecd 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/et131x/et131x.c +++ b/drivers/staging/et131x/et131x.c @@ -4237,7 +4237,6 @@ static int et131x_ioctl(struct net_device *netdev, struct ifreq *reqbuf, static int et131x_set_packet_filter(struct et131x_adapter *adapter) { int filter = adapter->packet_filter; - int status = 0; u32 ctrl; u32 pf_ctrl; @@ -4288,7 +4287,7 @@ static int et131x_set_packet_filter(struct et131x_adapter *adapter) writel(pf_ctrl, &adapter->regs->rxmac.pf_ctrl); writel(ctrl, &adapter->regs->rxmac.ctrl); } - return status; + return 0; } /* et131x_multicast - The handler to configure multicasting on the interface */ -- 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