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From: Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@kernel.org>
To: Logan Gunthorpe <logang@deltatee.com>
Cc: Kurt Schwemmer <kurt.schwemmer@microsemi.com>,
	linux-pci@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] PCI: switchtec: Remove useless assignments in switchtec_dev_read()
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2022 13:07:49 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20221215190749.GA132793@bhelgaas> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <81a72082-94ec-4011-1e54-3b278317a44e@deltatee.com>

On Thu, Dec 15, 2022 at 11:34:06AM -0700, Logan Gunthorpe wrote:
> On 2022-12-15 11:21, Bjorn Helgaas wrote:
> > From: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com>
> > 
> > Some switchtec_dev_read() error cases assign to "rc", then branch to "out".
> > But the code at "out" never uses "rc".  Drop the useless assignments.  No
> > functional change intended.
> 
> Ah, hmm, yes. I think if copy_to_user() fails, the function should
> probably return -EFAULT. So perhaps an unlock and specific return as is
> done in previous conditions in the same function?

Sure, I'll post a v2 that does that.

      reply	other threads:[~2022-12-15 19:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-12-15 18:21 [PATCH 0/2] PCI: switchtec: Trivial cleanups Bjorn Helgaas
2022-12-15 18:21 ` [PATCH 1/2] PCI: switchtec: Simplify switchtec_dma_mrpc_isr() Bjorn Helgaas
2022-12-15 18:26   ` Logan Gunthorpe
2022-12-15 18:21 ` [PATCH 2/2] PCI: switchtec: Remove useless assignments in switchtec_dev_read() Bjorn Helgaas
2022-12-15 18:34   ` Logan Gunthorpe
2022-12-15 19:07     ` Bjorn Helgaas [this message]

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