Re: [PATCH -next] rapidio: Remove set but not used variable 'rc'

[Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>]

On Fri, Sep 18, 2020 at 03:18:44PM +0800, Zheng Yongjun wrote:
> Fixes gcc '-Wunused-but-set-variable' warning:
> 
> drivers/rapidio/rio_cm.c: In function rio_txcq_handler:
> drivers/rapidio/rio_cm.c:673:7: warning: variable ‘rc’ set but not used [-Wunused-but-set-variable]
> 
> rc is never used, so remove it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Zheng Yongjun <zhengyongjun3@huawei.com>
> ---
>  drivers/rapidio/rio_cm.c | 3 +--
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/rapidio/rio_cm.c b/drivers/rapidio/rio_cm.c
> index 50ec53d67a4c..545693bd86a3 100644
> --- a/drivers/rapidio/rio_cm.c
> +++ b/drivers/rapidio/rio_cm.c
> @@ -670,12 +670,11 @@ static void rio_txcq_handler(struct cm_dev *cm, int slot)
>  	 */
>  	if (!list_empty(&cm->tx_reqs) && (cm->tx_cnt < RIOCM_TX_RING_SIZE)) {
>  		struct tx_req *req, *_req;
> -		int rc;
>  
>  		list_for_each_entry_safe(req, _req, &cm->tx_reqs, node) {
>  			list_del(&req->node);
>  			cm->tx_buf[cm->tx_slot] = req->buffer;
> -			rc = rio_add_outb_message(cm->mport, req->rdev, cmbox,
> +			rio_add_outb_message(cm->mport, req->rdev, cmbox,
>  						  req->buffer, req->len);

That's not the only place in this file where this call is made, and the
return value is ignored.

It should be fixed up to properly check that return value, not ignore
it.  Can you do that instead for the places this is called?

thanks,

greg k-h