On Thu, Jun 03, 2021 at 02:12:10PM +0100, Colin King wrote: > From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > The variable err is being assigned a value that is never read, the > assignment is redundant and can be removed. Also remove some empty > lines. > > Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value") > Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/misc/habanalabs/gaudi/gaudi.c | 3 --- > 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/misc/habanalabs/gaudi/gaudi.c b/drivers/misc/habanalabs/gaudi/gaudi.c > index 9e4a6bb3acd1..22f220859b46 100644 > --- a/drivers/misc/habanalabs/gaudi/gaudi.c > +++ b/drivers/misc/habanalabs/gaudi/gaudi.c > @@ -7379,9 +7379,6 @@ static int gaudi_hbm_read_interrupts(struct hl_device *hdev, int device, > device, ch, hbm_ecc_data->first_addr, type, > hbm_ecc_data->sec_cont_cnt, hbm_ecc_data->sec_cnt, > hbm_ecc_data->dec_cnt); > - > - err = 1; > - > return 0; > } Not related to your patch (which seems fine), but I always feel like there should be a rule that function which return a mix of negative error codes and either zero or one on success should have to have documentation explaining why. It's impossible to tell from the context here and neither of the callers check the return. :P regards, dan carpenter