Re: [PATCH] staging: greybus: spilib: Remove the local unused

[Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org>]

On Thu, Aug 20, 2026 at 04:02:35PM +0530, singh.supreet14@gmail.com wrote:
> From: Supreet Singh <singh.supreet14@gmail.com>
> 
> The return value of spi_new_device() is only used to check whether
> device creation succeeded. Remove the unnecessary local variable and
> check the return value directly.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Supreet Singh <singh.supreet14@gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/greybus/spilib.c | 4 +---
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/greybus/spilib.c b/drivers/staging/greybus/spilib.c
> index 39d5bf234c61..0e8711fdc429 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/greybus/spilib.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/greybus/spilib.c
> @@ -444,7 +444,6 @@ static int gb_spi_setup_device(struct gb_spilib *spi, u8 cs)
>  	struct gb_spi_device_config_request request;
>  	struct gb_spi_device_config_response response;
>  	struct spi_board_info spi_board = { {0} };
> -	struct spi_device *spidev;
>  	int ret;
>  	u8 dev_type;
>  
> @@ -480,8 +479,7 @@ static int gb_spi_setup_device(struct gb_spilib *spi, u8 cs)
>  	spi_board.chip_select	= cs;
>  	spi_board.max_speed_hz	= le32_to_cpu(response.max_speed_hz);
>  
> -	spidev = spi_new_device(ctlr, &spi_board);
> -	if (!spidev)
> +	if (!spi_new_device(ctlr, &spi_board))
>  		return -EINVAL;

No, this change just makes the code harder to read.

Johan