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 when strict return - ret + C ; // </smpl> Signed-off-by: Peter Senna Tschudin <peter.senna@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/media/usb/usbvision/usbvision-core.c | 16 +++++----------- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/usbvision/usbvision-core.c b/drivers/media/usb/usbvision/usbvision-core.c index 816b1cf..302aa07 100644 --- a/drivers/media/usb/usbvision/usbvision-core.c +++ b/drivers/media/usb/usbvision/usbvision-core.c @@ -1463,8 +1463,6 @@ static int usbvision_write_reg_irq(struct usb_usbvision *usbvision, int address, static int usbvision_init_compression(struct usb_usbvision *usbvision) { - int err_code = 0; - usbvision->last_isoc_frame_num = -1; usbvision->isoc_data_count = 0; usbvision->isoc_packet_count = 0; @@ -1475,7 +1473,7 @@ static int usbvision_init_compression(struct usb_usbvision *usbvision) usbvision->request_intra = 1; usbvision->isoc_measure_bandwidth_count = 0; - return err_code; + return 0; } /* this function measures the used bandwidth since last call @@ -1484,11 +1482,9 @@ static int usbvision_init_compression(struct usb_usbvision *usbvision) */ static int usbvision_measure_bandwidth(struct usb_usbvision *usbvision) { - int err_code = 0; - if (usbvision->isoc_measure_bandwidth_count < 2) { /* this gives an average bandwidth of 3 frames */ usbvision->isoc_measure_bandwidth_count++; - return err_code; + return 0; } if ((usbvision->isoc_packet_size > 0) && (usbvision->isoc_packet_count > 0)) { usbvision->used_bandwidth = usbvision->isoc_data_count / @@ -1499,7 +1495,7 @@ static int usbvision_measure_bandwidth(struct usb_usbvision *usbvision) usbvision->isoc_data_count = 0; usbvision->isoc_packet_count = 0; usbvision->isoc_skip_count = 0; - return err_code; + return 0; } static int usbvision_adjust_compression(struct usb_usbvision *usbvision) @@ -1546,26 +1542,24 @@ static int usbvision_adjust_compression(struct usb_usbvision *usbvision) static int usbvision_request_intra(struct usb_usbvision *usbvision) { - int err_code = 0; unsigned char buffer[1]; PDEBUG(DBG_IRQ, ""); usbvision->request_intra = 1; buffer[0] = 1; usbvision_write_reg_irq(usbvision, USBVISION_FORCE_INTRA, buffer, 1); - return err_code; + return 0; } static int usbvision_unrequest_intra(struct usb_usbvision *usbvision) { - int err_code = 0; unsigned char buffer[1]; PDEBUG(DBG_IRQ, ""); usbvision->request_intra = 0; buffer[0] = 0; usbvision_write_reg_irq(usbvision, USBVISION_FORCE_INTRA, buffer, 1); - return err_code; + 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