"err" is always a negative error code here, so there is no point in checking. Removing the check silences a static checker warning and makes the code a bit more clear. Also we don't need to initialize "err". Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/sound/i2c/other/ak4113.c b/sound/i2c/other/ak4113.c index 8884488..2183e9e 100644 --- a/sound/i2c/other/ak4113.c +++ b/sound/i2c/other/ak4113.c @@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ int snd_ak4113_create(struct snd_card *card, ak4113_read_t *read, void *private_data, struct ak4113 **r_ak4113) { struct ak4113 *chip; - int err = 0; + int err; unsigned char reg; static struct snd_device_ops ops = { .dev_free = snd_ak4113_dev_free, @@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ int snd_ak4113_create(struct snd_card *card, ak4113_read_t *read, __fail: snd_ak4113_free(chip); - return err < 0 ? err : -EIO; + return err; } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(snd_ak4113_create); -- 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