Re: [PATCH v2] Staging: vt6656: Checkpatch fix: else after break or return

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 10:53:12AM +0530, Sudip Mukherjee wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 03:51:36AM +1100, Emrys Bayliss wrote:
> > This patch fixes the following checkpatch.pl error:
> > rxtx.c:588: WARNING: else is not generally useful after a break or return
> 
> was the checkpatch error solved with this change? have you checked?
> 
> and the checkpatch is giving error at line 558 and not at 588.
> 
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Emrys Bayliss <emrys@paradise.net.nz>
> > ---
> >  drivers/staging/vt6656/rxtx.c | 2 --
> >  1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/staging/vt6656/rxtx.c b/drivers/staging/vt6656/rxtx.c
> > index ea5140a..0cce140 100644
> > --- a/drivers/staging/vt6656/rxtx.c
> > +++ b/drivers/staging/vt6656/rxtx.c
> > @@ -574,8 +574,6 @@ static u16 vnt_fill_cts_head(struct vnt_usb_send_context *tx_context,
> >  
> >  		return vnt_rxtx_datahead_g(tx_context, &buf->data_head);
> >  	}
> > -
> > -	return 0;
> 
> any reason why this return was removed ?

Because it's not needed.