Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8723bs: core: rtw_ap: fix Unneeded variable: "ret". Return "0"

[Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Sun, May 19, 2019 at 10:14:45PM +0530, Hariprasad Kelam wrote:
> This patch fixes below warnings reported by coccicheck
> 
> drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_ap.c:1400:5-8: Unneeded variable:
> "ret". Return "0" on line 1441
> drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_ap.c:2195:5-8: Unneeded variable:
> "ret". Return "0" on line 2205
> 
> Signed-off-by: Hariprasad Kelam <hariprasad.kelam@gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_ap.c | 8 +++-----
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_ap.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_ap.c
> index bc02306..a1b5ba4 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_ap.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_ap.c
> @@ -1397,7 +1397,6 @@ int rtw_acl_add_sta(struct adapter *padapter, u8 *addr)
>  int rtw_acl_remove_sta(struct adapter *padapter, u8 *addr)
>  {
>  	struct list_head	*plist, *phead;
> -	int ret = 0;
>  	struct rtw_wlan_acl_node *paclnode;
>  	struct sta_priv *pstapriv = &padapter->stapriv;
>  	struct wlan_acl_pool *pacl_list = &pstapriv->acl_list;
> @@ -1438,7 +1437,7 @@ int rtw_acl_remove_sta(struct adapter *padapter, u8 *addr)
>  
>  	DBG_871X("%s, acl_num =%d\n", __func__, pacl_list->num);
>  
> -	return ret;
> +	return 0;
>  }

If this function can never fail, why does it have a return value at all?
Please fix that up instead.

>  
>  u8 rtw_ap_set_pairwise_key(struct adapter *padapter, struct sta_info *psta)
> @@ -2192,7 +2191,6 @@ u8 ap_free_sta(
>  int rtw_sta_flush(struct adapter *padapter)
>  {
>  	struct list_head	*phead, *plist;
> -	int ret = 0;
>  	struct sta_info *psta = NULL;
>  	struct sta_priv *pstapriv = &padapter->stapriv;
>  	struct mlme_ext_priv *pmlmeext = &padapter->mlmeextpriv;
> @@ -2202,7 +2200,7 @@ int rtw_sta_flush(struct adapter *padapter)
>  	DBG_871X(FUNC_NDEV_FMT"\n", FUNC_NDEV_ARG(padapter->pnetdev));
>  
>  	if ((pmlmeinfo->state&0x03) != WIFI_FW_AP_STATE)
> -		return ret;
> +		return 0;
>  
>  	spin_lock_bh(&pstapriv->asoc_list_lock);
>  	phead = &pstapriv->asoc_list;
> @@ -2227,7 +2225,7 @@ int rtw_sta_flush(struct adapter *padapter)
>  
>  	associated_clients_update(padapter, true);
>  
> -	return ret;
> +	return 0;
>  }

Same here.

thanks,

greg k-h