> In airoha_ppe_flush_sram_entries(), the inner "int err" declaration
> shadows the outer "err" variable. When airoha_ppe_foe_commit_sram_entry()
> fails and the loop breaks, the function returns the outer err which is
> always 0, silently swallowing the error.
> 
> Remove the inner declaration so the assignment writes to the outer
> variable and errors are properly propagated.
> 
> Fixes: 620d7b91aadb ("net: airoha: ppe: Flush PPE SRAM table during PPE setup")
> Signed-off-by: Wayen.Yan <win847@gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_ppe.c | 2 --
>  1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_ppe.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_ppe.c
> index 5c9dff6..2b849d4 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_ppe.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/airoha/airoha_ppe.c
> @@ -1333,8 +1333,6 @@ static int airoha_ppe_flush_sram_entries(struct airoha_ppe *ppe)
>  	int i, err = 0;
>  
>  	for (i = 0; i < sram_num_entries; i++) {
> -		int err;
> -
>  		memset(&hwe[i], 0, sizeof(*hwe));
>  		err = airoha_ppe_foe_commit_sram_entry(ppe, i);
>  		if (err)

I guess we can drop the outer err and just return here in case of error.
What do you think?

Regards,
Lorenzo

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> 2.51.0
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