Re: [PATCH] staging: gpib: cb7210: Add error handling

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Sat, Dec 21, 2024 at 07:56:33AM +0530, Nihar Chaithanya wrote:
> The if condition in cb7210_init_module() would always fail as
> the value of err is constantly 0.
> Add error handling to cb_pcmcia_init_module() where it returns
> appropriate error code if pcmcia_register_driver() fails.
> 
> This issue was reported by Coverity Scan.
> Report:
> 
> CID 1635894: (#1 of 1): 'Constant' variable guards dead code (DEADCODE)
> dead_error_line: Execution cannot reach this statement: return -1;.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nihar Chaithanya <niharchaithanya@gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/gpib/cb7210/cb7210.c | 11 ++++++++---
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/gpib/cb7210/cb7210.c b/drivers/staging/gpib/cb7210/cb7210.c
> index 63df7f3eb3f3..b2f6ad70ccaf 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/gpib/cb7210/cb7210.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/gpib/cb7210/cb7210.c
> @@ -1353,7 +1353,11 @@ static struct pcmcia_driver cb_gpib_cs_driver = {
>  
>  int cb_pcmcia_init_module(void)
>  {
> -	pcmcia_register_driver(&cb_gpib_cs_driver);
> +	int ret;
> +
> +	ret = pcmcia_register_driver(&cb_gpib_cs_driver);
> +	if (ret < 0)
> +		return ret;
>  	return 0;

Why not make this whole function just one line?  And then, as it's one
line, why is it a function at all?

thanks,

greg k-h