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From: "Justin P. Mattock" <justinmattock@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/5]pci:bus.c Fix variable 'retval' set but not used
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 23:58:11 -0700
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On 06/15/2010 11:07 PM, Junchang Wang wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 10:33:52PM -0700, Justin P. Mattock wrote:
>> @@ -234,12 +234,10 @@ void pci_bus_add_devices(const struct pci_bus *bus)
>> void pci_enable_bridges(struct pci_bus *bus)
>> {
>> 	struct pci_dev *dev;
>> -	int retval;
>>
>> 	list_for_each_entry(dev,&bus->devices, bus_list) {
>> 		if (dev->subordinate) {
>> 			if (!pci_is_enabled(dev)) {
>> -				retval = pci_enable_device(dev);
> Hi Justin,
>
> pci_enable_device initializes device before it's used by a driver.
>
> I think you should add check instead of eliminating pci_enable_device.
>
> For example,
> retval = pci_enable_device(dev);
> if (retval<  0) {
> 	goto handle_err;
> }
>
> --Junchang
>
>


cool, thanks for the example and info on this. I'll play around with 
this to see if I come up with anything.

cheers,

Justin P. Mattock