Am 31.05.2014 22:36, schrieb Dan Carpenter:
> On Sat, May 31, 2014 at 10:14:04AM -0300, Peter Senna Tschudin wrote:
>> 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/irda/via-ircc.c | 9 +++------
>> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/net/irda/via-ircc.c b/drivers/net/irda/via-ircc.c
>> index 2900af0..3fde116 100644
>> --- a/drivers/net/irda/via-ircc.c
>> +++ b/drivers/net/irda/via-ircc.c
>> @@ -509,11 +509,9 @@ static void via_hw_init(struct via_ircc_cb *self)
>> *
>> */
>> static int via_ircc_read_dongle_id(int iobase)
>> -{
>> - int dongle_id = 9; /* Default to IBM */
>> -
>> +{/* Default to IBM */
>
> Yuck. And anyway, the comment should be on return line. (And of course
> there should have been a #define IBM_DONGLE_ID 9, but that's probably
> something for another patch.
>
>> IRDA_ERROR("via-ircc: dongle probing not supported, please specify dongle_id module parameter.\n");
>> - return dongle_id;
>> + return 9;
more over code and error msg do not fit,
it returns a default of 9 (what ever that means) it does not look like
an error. Sow the warning should be
via-ircc: dongle probing not supported, please specify dongle_id module parameter. settting dongle_id=9
re,
wh
> So put the comment here.
>
> return 9; /* Everything is an IBM */
>> }
>>
>
> regards,
> dan carpenter
>
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