+ assoc_array-fix-the-return-value-in-assoc_array_insert_mid_shortcut.patch added to mm-nonmm-unstable branch

+ assoc_array-fix-the-return-value-in-assoc_array_insert_mid_shortcut.patch added to mm-nonmm-unstable branch

[Andrew Morton]

The patch titled
     Subject: assoc_array: fix the return value in assoc_array_insert_mid_shortcut()
has been added to the -mm mm-nonmm-unstable branch.  Its filename is
     assoc_array-fix-the-return-value-in-assoc_array_insert_mid_shortcut.patch

This patch will shortly appear at
     https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/assoc_array-fix-the-return-value-in-assoc_array_insert_mid_shortcut.patch

This patch will later appear in the mm-nonmm-unstable branch at
    git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm

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From: Roman Smirnov <r.smirnov@omp.ru>
Subject: assoc_array: fix the return value in assoc_array_insert_mid_shortcut()
Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2024 10:17:17 +0300

Returning the edit variable is redundant because it is dereferenced right
before it is returned.  It would be better to return true.

Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with Svace.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240307071717.5318-1-r.smirnov@omp.ru
Signed-off-by: Roman Smirnov <r.smirnov@omp.ru>
Reviewed-by: Sergey Shtylyov <s.shtylyov@omp.ru>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 lib/assoc_array.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/lib/assoc_array.c~assoc_array-fix-the-return-value-in-assoc_array_insert_mid_shortcut
+++ a/lib/assoc_array.c
@@ -938,7 +938,7 @@ static bool assoc_array_insert_mid_short
 		edit->leaf_p = &new_n0->slots[0];
 
 	pr_devel("<--%s() = ok [split shortcut]\n", __func__);
-	return edit;
+	return true;
 }
 
 /**
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from r.smirnov@omp.ru are

assoc_array-fix-the-return-value-in-assoc_array_insert_mid_shortcut.patch