Re: [PATCH] staging: vt6656: add error code handling to unused variable

[Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@inria.fr>]

On Sat, 28 Mar 2020, John B. Wyatt IV wrote:

> Add error code handling to unused 'ret' variable that was never used.
> Return an error code from functions called within vnt_radio_power_on.
>
> Issue reported by coccinelle (coccicheck).
>
> Suggested-by: Quentin Deslandes <quentin.deslandes@itdev.co.uk>
> Suggested-by: Stefano Brivio <sbrivio@redhat.com>
> Signed-off-by: John B. Wyatt IV <jbwyatt4@gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/vt6656/card.c | 19 ++++++++++++++-----
>  1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/vt6656/card.c b/drivers/staging/vt6656/card.c
> index dc3ab10eb630..9d23c3ec1e60 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/vt6656/card.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/vt6656/card.c
> @@ -723,9 +723,13 @@ int vnt_radio_power_on(struct vnt_private *priv)
>  {
>  	int ret = 0;
>
> -	vnt_exit_deep_sleep(priv);
> +	ret = vnt_exit_deep_sleep(priv);
> +	if (ret)
> +		goto end;

Normally, if there is nothing to clean up, one can just say return ret.

>
> -	vnt_mac_reg_bits_on(priv, MAC_REG_HOSTCR, HOSTCR_RXON);
> +	ret = vnt_mac_reg_bits_on(priv, MAC_REG_HOSTCR, HOSTCR_RXON);
> +	if (ret)
> +		goto end;
>
>  	switch (priv->rf_type) {
>  	case RF_AL2230:
> @@ -734,13 +738,18 @@ int vnt_radio_power_on(struct vnt_private *priv)
>  	case RF_VT3226:
>  	case RF_VT3226D0:
>  	case RF_VT3342A0:
> -		vnt_mac_reg_bits_on(priv, MAC_REG_SOFTPWRCTL,
> -				    (SOFTPWRCTL_SWPE2 | SOFTPWRCTL_SWPE3));
> +		ret = vnt_mac_reg_bits_on(priv, MAC_REG_SOFTPWRCTL,
> +					 (SOFTPWRCTL_SWPE2 | SOFTPWRCTL_SWPE3));
>  		break;
>  	}
> +	if (ret)
> +		goto end;
>
> -	vnt_mac_reg_bits_off(priv, MAC_REG_GPIOCTL1, GPIO3_INTMD);
> +	ret = vnt_mac_reg_bits_off(priv, MAC_REG_GPIOCTL1, GPIO3_INTMD);
> +	if (ret)
> +		goto end;

There is no need for the above if, because whether ret is nonzero or not,
you will just end up at the next line.

julia

>
> +end:
>  	return ret;
>  }
>
> --
> 2.25.1
>
>