Hi Dan-san, Thank you so much for this fix also. Reviewed-by: Tokunori Ikegami <ikegami@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> By the way I will do try to change the adt7475_read_word() to return the error correctly in near future. Regards, Ikegami > -----Original Message----- > From: Dan Carpenter [mailto:dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2018 6:15 PM > To: Jean Delvare; IKEGAMI Tokunori > Cc: Guenter Roeck; linux-hwmon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; > kernel-janitors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [PATCH 2/2] hwmon: (adt7475) Remove some unnecessary checks > > The adt7475_read_word() returns u16 values, so it's impossible for > "ret" to be negative. The check is harmless, but static checkers > complain about it. > > Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> > > diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/adt7475.c b/drivers/hwmon/adt7475.c > index 16045149f3db..9d3da8ea38ba 100644 > --- a/drivers/hwmon/adt7475.c > +++ b/drivers/hwmon/adt7475.c > @@ -1492,10 +1492,7 @@ static int adt7475_update_limits(struct > i2c_client *client) > for (i = 0; i < ADT7475_TACH_COUNT; i++) { > if (i == 3 && !data->has_fan4) > continue; > - ret = adt7475_read_word(client, TACH_MIN_REG(i)); > - if (ret < 0) > - return ret; > - data->tach[MIN][i] = ret; > + data->tach[MIN][i] = adt7475_read_word(client, > TACH_MIN_REG(i)); > } > > for (i = 0; i < ADT7475_PWM_COUNT; i++) { > @@ -1881,10 +1878,7 @@ static int adt7475_update_measure(struct device > *dev) > for (i = 0; i < ADT7475_TACH_COUNT; i++) { > if (i == 3 && !data->has_fan4) > continue; > - ret = adt7475_read_word(client, TACH_REG(i)); > - if (ret < 0) > - return ret; > - data->tach[INPUT][i] = ret; > + data->tach[INPUT][i] = adt7475_read_word(client, > TACH_REG(i)); > } > > /* Updated by hw when in auto mode */