Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH][next] ALSA: xen-front: remove redundant error check on ret

[Takashi Iwai <tiwai@xxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 28 May 2018 00:42:12 +0200,
Takashi Sakamoto wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> On May 28 2018 06:23, Colin King wrote:
> > From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > The error for a -ve value in ret is redundant as all previous
> > assignments to ret have an associated -ve check and hence it
> > is impossible for ret to be less that zero at the point of the
> > check.  Remove this redundant error check.
> >
> > Detected by CoveritScan, CID#1469407 ("Logically Dead code")
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >   sound/xen/xen_snd_front_evtchnl.c | 2 --
> >   1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/sound/xen/xen_snd_front_evtchnl.c 
> > b/sound/xen/xen_snd_front_evtchnl.c
> > index d70a62e7f910..102d6e096cc8 100644
> > --- a/sound/xen/xen_snd_front_evtchnl.c
> > +++ b/sound/xen/xen_snd_front_evtchnl.c
> > @@ -351,8 +351,6 @@ int xen_snd_front_evtchnl_create_all(struct 
> > xen_snd_front_info *front_info,
> >                     }
> >             }
> >     }
> > -   if (ret < 0)
> > -           goto fail;
> >             front_info->num_evt_pairs = num_streams;
> >     return 0;
> 
> Yep. All branches for error path on the nested for loop have goto
> statement, thus no need to check error outer the loop.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Takashi Sakamoto <o-takashi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Applied, thanks.


Takashi

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