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/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_link.c | 10 ++++------ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_link.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_link.c index 9b6b3d7..4fef1e1 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_link.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_link.c @@ -2218,7 +2218,6 @@ int bnx2x_update_pfc(struct link_params *params, */ u32 val; struct bnx2x *bp = params->bp; - int bnx2x_status = 0; u8 bmac_loopback = (params->loopback_mode == LOOPBACK_BMAC); if (params->feature_config_flags & FEATURE_CONFIG_PFC_ENABLED) @@ -2232,7 +2231,7 @@ int bnx2x_update_pfc(struct link_params *params, bnx2x_update_pfc_nig(params, vars, pfc_params); if (!vars->link_up) - return bnx2x_status; + return 0; DP(NETIF_MSG_LINK, "About to update PFC in BMAC\n"); @@ -2246,7 +2245,7 @@ int bnx2x_update_pfc(struct link_params *params, == 0) { DP(NETIF_MSG_LINK, "About to update PFC in EMAC\n"); bnx2x_emac_enable(params, vars, 0); - return bnx2x_status; + return 0; } if (CHIP_IS_E2(bp)) bnx2x_update_pfc_bmac2(params, vars, bmac_loopback); @@ -2260,7 +2259,7 @@ int bnx2x_update_pfc(struct link_params *params, val = 1; REG_WR(bp, NIG_REG_BMAC0_PAUSE_OUT_EN + params->port*4, val); } - return bnx2x_status; + return 0; } static int bnx2x_bmac1_enable(struct link_params *params, @@ -6473,7 +6472,6 @@ int bnx2x_test_link(struct link_params *params, struct link_vars *vars, static int bnx2x_link_initialize(struct link_params *params, struct link_vars *vars) { - int rc = 0; u8 phy_index, non_ext_phy; struct bnx2x *bp = params->bp; /* In case of external phy existence, the line speed would be the @@ -6546,7 +6544,7 @@ static int bnx2x_link_initialize(struct link_params *params, NIG_STATUS_XGXS0_LINK_STATUS | NIG_STATUS_SERDES0_LINK_STATUS | NIG_MASK_MI_INT)); - return rc; + return 0; } static void bnx2x_int_link_reset(struct bnx2x_phy *phy, -- 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