From: Tanya Agarwal <tanyaagarwal25699@xxxxxxxxx> The static code analysis tool "Coverity Scan" pointed the following implementation details out for further development considerations: CID 1309755: Unused value In sw842_compress: A value assigned to a variable is never used. (CWE-563) returned_value: Assigning value from add_repeat_template(p, repeat_count) to ret here, but that stored value is overwritten before it can be used. Conclusion: Add error handling for the return value from an add_repeat_template() call. Fixes: 2da572c959dd ("lib: add software 842 compression/decompression") Signed-off-by: Tanya Agarwal <tanyaagarwal25699@xxxxxxxxx> --- V3: update title and reorganize commit description V2: add Fixes tag and reword commit description Coverity Link: https://scan5.scan.coverity.com/#/project-view/63683/10063?selectedIssue=1309755 lib/842/842_compress.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/lib/842/842_compress.c b/lib/842/842_compress.c index c02baa4168e1..055356508d97 100644 --- a/lib/842/842_compress.c +++ b/lib/842/842_compress.c @@ -532,6 +532,8 @@ int sw842_compress(const u8 *in, unsigned int ilen, } if (repeat_count) { ret = add_repeat_template(p, repeat_count); + if (ret) + return ret; repeat_count = 0; if (next == last) /* reached max repeat bits */ goto repeat; -- 2.39.5