On Wed, 27 Jan 2021, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Wednesday, January 27, 2021, Lee Jones <lee.jones@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Fixes the following W=1 kernel build warning(s):
> >
> > drivers/thunderbolt/dma_port.c: In function ‘dma_port_flash_write_block’:
> > drivers/thunderbolt/dma_port.c:331:6: warning: variable ‘ret’ set but
> > not used [-Wunused-but-set-variable]
> >
> >
> Is it scripted somehow?
A script opens up the file on the warning line.
The patch is hand-written.
> Because I am not sure we are okay to simply drop the assignment.
I've been careful not to change the semantics of the code.
The return value has never been checked since the driver's inception 4
years ago.
However, if this is an oversight and the intention was to check the
value and error-out during a failure condition, I can make that
happen.
I would need a nod from the author before I make such a change.
> > Cc: Andreas Noever <andreas.noever@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Michael Jamet <michael.jamet@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Yehezkel Bernat <YehezkelShB@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: linux-usb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > drivers/thunderbolt/dma_port.c | 5 ++---
> > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/thunderbolt/dma_port.c b/drivers/thunderbolt/dma_
> > port.c
> > index 847dd07a7b172..5aced91e17dc4 100644
> > --- a/drivers/thunderbolt/dma_port.c
> > +++ b/drivers/thunderbolt/dma_port.c
> > @@ -328,13 +328,12 @@ static int dma_port_flash_write_block(struct
> > tb_dma_port *dma, u32 address,
> > {
> > struct tb_switch *sw = dma->sw;
> > u32 in, dwaddress, dwords;
> > - int ret;
> >
> > dwords = size / 4;
> >
> > /* Write the block to MAIL_DATA registers */
> > - ret = dma_port_write(sw->tb->ctl, buf, tb_route(sw), dma->port,
> > - dma->base + MAIL_DATA, dwords,
> > DMA_PORT_TIMEOUT);
> > + dma_port_write(sw->tb->ctl, buf, tb_route(sw), dma->port,
> > + dma->base + MAIL_DATA, dwords, DMA_PORT_TIMEOUT);
> >
> > in = MAIL_IN_CMD_FLASH_WRITE << MAIL_IN_CMD_SHIFT;
> >
> >
> >
>
--
Lee Jones [李琼斯]
Senior Technical Lead - Developer Services
Linaro.org │ Open source software for Arm SoCs
Follow Linaro: Facebook | Twitter | Blog
