Hi, On Wed, Jan 27, 2021 at 04:19:16PM +0000, Lee Jones wrote: > 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. It's actually an oversight from my side. It should do something like: if (ret) return ret: there. Feel free to fix it up :) Thanks!