On 10/30/19 11:02 AM, Colin King wrote: > From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > The variable ret is being assigned with a value that is never > read, it is being re-assigned the same value on the err0 exit > path. The assignment is redundant and hence can be removed. > > Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value") > Fixes: 47a32f9c1226 ("dma-buf: heaps: Add system heap to dmabuf heaps") > Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- The root of the issue is that ret is not used in the error path, it should be, I suggest this fix: > --- a/drivers/dma-buf/heaps/system_heap.c > +++ b/drivers/dma-buf/heaps/system_heap.c > @@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ static int system_heap_allocate(struct dma_heap *heap, > err0: > kfree(helper_buffer); > > - return -ENOMEM; > + return ret; > } > > static const struct dma_heap_ops system_heap_ops = { Andrew > drivers/dma-buf/heaps/system_heap.c | 4 +--- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/dma-buf/heaps/system_heap.c b/drivers/dma-buf/heaps/system_heap.c > index 455782efbb32..817a1667bd57 100644 > --- a/drivers/dma-buf/heaps/system_heap.c > +++ b/drivers/dma-buf/heaps/system_heap.c > @@ -55,10 +55,8 @@ static int system_heap_allocate(struct dma_heap *heap, > helper_buffer->pages = kmalloc_array(helper_buffer->pagecount, > sizeof(*helper_buffer->pages), > GFP_KERNEL); > - if (!helper_buffer->pages) { > - ret = -ENOMEM; > + if (!helper_buffer->pages) > goto err0; > - } > > for (pg = 0; pg < helper_buffer->pagecount; pg++) { > /* >