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/wlags49_h2/wl_priv.c | 14 ++++---------- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/wlags49_h2/wl_priv.c b/drivers/staging/wlags49_h2/wl_priv.c index 41f3324..aff9273 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/wlags49_h2/wl_priv.c +++ b/drivers/staging/wlags49_h2/wl_priv.c @@ -179,8 +179,6 @@ int wvlan_uil(struct uilreq *urq, struct wl_private *lp) ******************************************************************************/ int wvlan_uil_connect(struct uilreq *urq, struct wl_private *lp) { - int result = 0; - if (!(lp->flags & WVLAN2_UIL_CONNECTED)) { lp->flags |= WVLAN2_UIL_CONNECTED; urq->hcfCtx = &(lp->hcfCtx); @@ -190,7 +188,7 @@ int wvlan_uil_connect(struct uilreq *urq, struct wl_private *lp) urq->result = UIL_ERR_IN_USE; } - return result; + return 0; } /* wvlan_uil_connect */ /*============================================================================*/ @@ -218,8 +216,6 @@ int wvlan_uil_connect(struct uilreq *urq, struct wl_private *lp) ******************************************************************************/ int wvlan_uil_disconnect(struct uilreq *urq, struct wl_private *lp) { - int result = 0; - if (urq->hcfCtx == &(lp->hcfCtx)) { if (lp->flags & WVLAN2_UIL_CONNECTED) { lp->flags &= ~WVLAN2_UIL_CONNECTED; @@ -238,7 +234,7 @@ int wvlan_uil_disconnect(struct uilreq *urq, struct wl_private *lp) urq->result = UIL_ERR_WRONG_IFB; } - return result; + return 0; } /* wvlan_uil_disconnect */ /*============================================================================*/ @@ -1580,7 +1576,6 @@ int wvlan_set_netname(struct net_device *dev, { struct wl_private *lp = wl_priv(dev); unsigned long flags; - int ret = 0; wl_lock(lp, &flags); @@ -1591,7 +1586,7 @@ int wvlan_set_netname(struct net_device *dev, wl_apply(lp); wl_unlock(lp, &flags); - return ret; + return 0; } /* wvlan_set_netname */ /*============================================================================*/ @@ -1683,7 +1678,6 @@ int wvlan_set_station_nickname(struct net_device *dev, struct wl_private *lp = wl_priv(dev); unsigned long flags; size_t len; - int ret = 0; wl_lock(lp, &flags); @@ -1695,7 +1689,7 @@ int wvlan_set_station_nickname(struct net_device *dev, wl_apply(lp); wl_unlock(lp, &flags); - return ret; + return 0; } /* wvlan_set_station_nickname */ /*============================================================================*/ -- 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