On Tue, May 3, 2022 at 9:30 AM Tony Lindgren <tony@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> * Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> [220503 07:18]:
> > On Tue, May 3, 2022 at 4:45 AM kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > From: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > arch/arm/mach-omap2/dma.c:82:10-16: Unneeded variable: "errata". Return "0" on line 161
> > >
> > >
> > > Remove unneeded variable used to store return value.
> > >
> > > Generated by: scripts/coccinelle/misc/returnvar.cocci
> > >
> > > Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > Signed-off-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > I checked the patch, and unfortunately it is wrong, the current code
> > needs to stay.
> > The problem is the SET_DMA_ERRATA() macro that accesses the
> > local 'errata' variable.
>
> Yeah this one keeps popping up. Maybe we can make SET_DMA_ERRATA
> into a function or have it at least change it to set the errata
> value.
I would just remove the macro and open-code the assignment, which
I think makes it more readable to both people and tools.
Arnd
