[lvc-project] [PATCH v2] bnx2: remove deadcode in bnx2_init_cpus()
Vadim Fedorenko
vadim.fedorenko at linux.dev
Mon Feb 20 19:30:50 MSK 2023
On 20/02/2023 08:31, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 19, 2023 at 06:22:25PM +0300, Maxim Korotkov wrote:
>> The load_cpu_fw function has no error return code
>> and always returns zero. Checking the value returned by
>> this function does not make sense.
>> As a result, bnx2_init_cpus() will also return only zero
>> Therefore, it will be safe to change the type of functions
>> to void and remove checking
>>
>> Found by Security Code and Linux Verification
>> Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE
>>
>> Fixes: 57579f7629a3 ("bnx2: Use request_firmware()")
>> Signed-off-by: Maxim Korotkov <korotkov.maxim.s at gmail.com>
>> ---
>> changes v2:
>> - bnx2_init_cpu_fw() and bnx2_init_cpus() are void
>> - delete casts to void
>> - remove check of bnx2_init_cpus() in bnx2_init_chip()
>>
>
> Thanks,
> Reviewed-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro at nvidia.com>
Not sure if it should go to -net, because it doesn't actually fix any
bug, more like refactoring which goes to -next, I believe.
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