[PATCH] ARM: dove: fix returnvar.cocci warnings
Tony Lindgren
tony at atomide.com
Tue May 3 01:23:09 PDT 2022
* Arnd Bergmann <arnd at arndb.de> [220503 08:12]:
> On Tue, May 3, 2022 at 9:30 AM Tony Lindgren <tony at atomide.com> wrote:
> > * Arnd Bergmann <arnd at arndb.de> [220503 07:18]:
> > > On Tue, May 3, 2022 at 4:45 AM kernel test robot <lkp at intel.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > From: kernel test robot <lkp at intel.com>
> > > >
> > > > 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 at intel.com>
> > > > Signed-off-by: kernel test robot <lkp at intel.com>
> > >
> > > 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.
Yeah agree after looking at the macro :)
Regards,
Tony
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