Re: [PATCH] drivers/android: remove redundant ret variable

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Tue, Jan 04, 2022 at 11:35:00AM +0000, cgel.zte@gmail.com wrote:
> From: Minghao Chi <chi.minghao@zte.com.cn>
> 
> Return value from list_lru_count() directly instead
> of taking this in another redundant variable.
> 
> Reported-by: Zeal Robot <zealci@zte.com.cn>
> Signed-off-by: Minghao Chi <chi.minghao@zte.com.cn>
> Signed-off-by: CGEL ZTE <cgel.zte@gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/android/binder_alloc.c | 8 ++------
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/android/binder_alloc.c b/drivers/android/binder_alloc.c
> index 340515f54498..4f221d1839f4 100644
> --- a/drivers/android/binder_alloc.c
> +++ b/drivers/android/binder_alloc.c
> @@ -1049,18 +1049,14 @@ enum lru_status binder_alloc_free_page(struct list_head *item,
>  static unsigned long
>  binder_shrink_count(struct shrinker *shrink, struct shrink_control *sc)
>  {
> -	unsigned long ret = list_lru_count(&binder_alloc_lru);
> -	return ret;
> +	return list_lru_count(&binder_alloc_lru);
>  }
>  
>  static unsigned long
>  binder_shrink_scan(struct shrinker *shrink, struct shrink_control *sc)
>  {
> -	unsigned long ret;
> -
> -	ret = list_lru_walk(&binder_alloc_lru, binder_alloc_free_page,
> +	return list_lru_walk(&binder_alloc_lru, binder_alloc_free_page,
>  			    NULL, sc->nr_to_scan);
> -	return ret;

Is the compiler output any different?

If not, why make this change?

What did you use to test this change is equivalent?

thanks,

greg k-h