The patch titled Subject: mm/hmm.c: remove unneeded local variable ret has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is mm-hmmc-remove-unneeded-local-variable-ret.patch This patch should soon appear at https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/mm-hmmc-remove-unneeded-local-variable-ret.patch and later at https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/mm-hmmc-remove-unneeded-local-variable-ret.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: mm/hmm.c: remove unneeded local variable ret The local variable ret is always 0. Remove it to make code more tight. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220125124833.39718-1-linmiaohe@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Muchun Song <songmuchun@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/hmm.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) --- a/mm/hmm.c~mm-hmmc-remove-unneeded-local-variable-ret +++ a/mm/hmm.c @@ -417,7 +417,6 @@ static int hmm_vma_walk_pud(pud_t *pudp, struct hmm_range *range = hmm_vma_walk->range; unsigned long addr = start; pud_t pud; - int ret = 0; spinlock_t *ptl = pud_trans_huge_lock(pudp, walk->vma); if (!ptl) @@ -466,7 +465,7 @@ static int hmm_vma_walk_pud(pud_t *pudp, out_unlock: spin_unlock(ptl); - return ret; + return 0; } #else #define hmm_vma_walk_pud NULL _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from linmiaohe@xxxxxxxxxx are mm-vmalloc-remove-unneeded-function-forward-declaration.patch mm-balloon_compaction-make-balloon-page-compaction-callbacks-static.patch mm-hmmc-remove-unneeded-local-variable-ret.patch