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> --- Changes from V1: - Keep commented code instead of removing it drivers/net/wireless/cw1200/sta.c | 19 +------------------ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 18 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/cw1200/sta.c b/drivers/net/wireless/cw1200/sta.c index cd0cad7..5b84664 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/cw1200/sta.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/cw1200/sta.c @@ -2289,7 +2289,6 @@ static int cw1200_upload_null(struct cw1200_common *priv) static int cw1200_upload_qosnull(struct cw1200_common *priv) { - int ret = 0; /* TODO: This needs to be implemented struct wsm_template_frame frame = { @@ -2306,7 +2305,7 @@ static int cw1200_upload_qosnull(struct cw1200_common *priv) dev_kfree_skb(frame.skb); */ - return ret; + return 0; } static int cw1200_enable_beaconing(struct cw1200_common *priv, -- 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