On 2019/1/23 21:41, Greg KH wrote: > On Wed, Jan 23, 2019 at 09:17:38PM +0800, YueHaibing wrote: >> On 2019/1/23 20:43, Greg KH wrote: >>> On Wed, Jan 23, 2019 at 08:34:42PM +0800, YueHaibing wrote: >>>> ./drivers/usb/misc/ftdi-elan.c:972:10-12: WARNING: possible condition with no effect (if == else) >>>> ./drivers/usb/misc/ftdi-elan.c:983:9-11: WARNING: possible condition with no effect (if == else) >>>> ./drivers/usb/misc/ftdi-elan.c:2052:11-13: WARNING: possible condition with no effect (if == else) >>>> >>>> Signed-off-by: YueHaibing <yuehaibing@xxxxxxxxxx> >>> >>> You can not just provide the output of a tool as a changelog text, >>> sorry. >>> >>> Please explain what those lines mean, and why you are making the change >>> that you are. >> >> ok, will do that. >> >>> >>>> --- >>>> drivers/usb/misc/ftdi-elan.c | 26 -------------------------- >>>> 1 file changed, 26 deletions(-) >>>> >>>> diff --git a/drivers/usb/misc/ftdi-elan.c b/drivers/usb/misc/ftdi-elan.c >>>> index 76c718a..257efac 100644 >>>> --- a/drivers/usb/misc/ftdi-elan.c >>>> +++ b/drivers/usb/misc/ftdi-elan.c >>>> @@ -915,7 +915,6 @@ static int ftdi_elan_respond_engine(struct usb_ftdi *ftdi) >>>> int bytes_read = 0; >>>> int retry_on_empty = 1; >>>> int retry_on_timeout = 3; >>>> - int empty_packets = 0; >>>> read:{ >>>> int packet_bytes = 0; >>>> int retval = usb_bulk_msg(ftdi->udev, >>>> @@ -960,31 +959,6 @@ read:{ >>>> dev_err(&ftdi->udev->dev, "error = %d with packet_bytes = %d with total %d bytes%s\n", >>>> retval, packet_bytes, bytes_read, diag); >>>> return retval; >>>> - } else if (packet_bytes == 2) { >>>> - unsigned char s0 = ftdi->bulk_in_buffer[0]; >>>> - unsigned char s1 = ftdi->bulk_in_buffer[1]; >>>> - empty_packets += 1; >>>> - if (s0 == 0x31 && s1 == 0x60) { >>>> - if (retry_on_empty-- > 0) { >>>> - goto more; >>>> - } else >>>> - return 0; >>>> - } else if (s0 == 0x31 && s1 == 0x00) { >>>> - if (retry_on_empty-- > 0) { >>>> - goto more; >>>> - } else >>>> - return 0; >>>> - } else { >>>> - if (retry_on_empty-- > 0) { >>>> - goto more; >>>> - } else >>>> - return 0; >>>> - } >>>> - } else if (packet_bytes == 1) { >>>> - if (retry_on_empty-- > 0) { >>>> - goto more; >>>> - } else >>>> - return 0; >>> >>> Are you _sure_ that these lines are not needed and that the compiler is >>> not really seeing them? As it doesn't look that way to me, what am I >>> missing? >> >> I checked and make sure that All these if/else if branch just do the same thing: >> >> if (retry_on_empty-- > 0) { >> goto more; >> } else >> return 0; >> >> so it can be merged into the last else branch. >> >> Also the variable 'empty_packets' doesn't use in any place, except for self increment > > Don't do two different things in the same patch :) Thanks, I will split it into two. > > > . >