Re: [cocci] [PATCH 07/36] net: ethernet: remove conditional return with no effect

Hello Sang-Heon,

Thanks for your work.

On 2026-07-24 03:45:09 +0900, Sang-Heon Jeon wrote:
> Both branches of the check return the same value, so the check has
> no effect. Remove it and return the value directly.
> 
> This is the result of running the Coccinelle script from
> scripts/coccinelle/misc/cond_return_no_effect.cocci.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sang-Heon Jeon <[email protected]>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_netdev.c          | 6 +-----
>  drivers/net/ethernet/aquantia/atlantic/aq_macsec.c    | 6 +-----
>  drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-switch.c   | 6 +-----
>  drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c              | 6 +-----
>  drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/netxen/netxen_nic_hw.c    | 7 +------
>  drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_83xx_init.c | 6 +-----
>  drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/rtsn.c                   | 7 +------

For rtsn.c,

Reviewed-by: Niklas Söderlund <[email protected]>

>  7 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_netdev.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_netdev.c
> index 5d05020a6d05..ea89619039d8 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_netdev.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/amazon/ena/ena_netdev.c
> @@ -2303,11 +2303,7 @@ static int ena_open(struct net_device *netdev)
>  		return rc;
>  	}
>  
> -	rc = ena_up(adapter);
> -	if (rc)
> -		return rc;
> -
> -	return rc;
> +	return ena_up(adapter);
>  }
>  
>  /* ena_close - Disables a network interface
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/aquantia/atlantic/aq_macsec.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/aquantia/atlantic/aq_macsec.c
> index 3ca072360ec7..fd4ee6212234 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/aquantia/atlantic/aq_macsec.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/aquantia/atlantic/aq_macsec.c
> @@ -735,11 +735,7 @@ static int aq_set_rxsc(struct aq_nic_s *nic, const u32 rxsc_idx)
>  	sc_record.valid = 1;
>  	sc_record.fresh = 1;
>  
> -	ret = aq_mss_set_ingress_sc_record(hw, &sc_record, hw_sc_idx);
> -	if (ret)
> -		return ret;
> -
> -	return ret;
> +	return aq_mss_set_ingress_sc_record(hw, &sc_record, hw_sc_idx);
>  }
>  
>  static int aq_mdo_add_rxsc(struct macsec_context *ctx)
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-switch.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-switch.c
> index 33e7a99d3e49..79d4a77f72bd 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-switch.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-switch.c
> @@ -3935,11 +3935,7 @@ static int dpaa2_switch_port_init(struct ethsw_port_priv *port_priv, u16 port)
>  	if (err)
>  		return err;
>  
> -	err = dpaa2_switch_port_trap_mac_addr(port_priv, ll_mac, ll_mask);
> -	if (err)
> -		return err;
> -
> -	return err;
> +	return dpaa2_switch_port_trap_mac_addr(port_priv, ll_mac, ll_mask);
>  }
>  
>  static void dpaa2_switch_ctrl_if_teardown(struct ethsw_core *ethsw)
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c
> index 89215e1ddc2d..cf636fc5aafa 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c
> @@ -2877,11 +2877,7 @@ static int gfar_enet_open(struct net_device *dev)
>  	if (err)
>  		return err;
>  
> -	err = startup_gfar(dev);
> -	if (err)
> -		return err;
> -
> -	return err;
> +	return startup_gfar(dev);
>  }
>  
>  /* Stops the kernel queue, and halts the controller */
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/netxen/netxen_nic_hw.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/netxen/netxen_nic_hw.c
> index fff8dc84212d..e96a268067f2 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/netxen/netxen_nic_hw.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/netxen/netxen_nic_hw.c
> @@ -2478,7 +2478,6 @@ static int netxen_parse_md_template(struct netxen_adapter *adapter)
>  static int
>  netxen_collect_minidump(struct netxen_adapter *adapter)
>  {
> -	int ret = 0;
>  	struct netxen_minidump_template_hdr *hdr;
>  	hdr = (struct netxen_minidump_template_hdr *)
>  				adapter->mdump.md_template;
> @@ -2486,11 +2485,7 @@ netxen_collect_minidump(struct netxen_adapter *adapter)
>  	hdr->driver_timestamp = ktime_get_seconds();
>  	hdr->driver_info_word2 = adapter->fw_version;
>  	hdr->driver_info_word3 = NXRD32(adapter, CRB_DRIVER_VERSION);
> -	ret = netxen_parse_md_template(adapter);
> -	if (ret)
> -		return ret;
> -
> -	return ret;
> +	return netxen_parse_md_template(adapter);
>  }
>  
>  
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_83xx_init.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_83xx_init.c
> index 45ed8705c7ca..47cd9ec665ee 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_83xx_init.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_83xx_init.c
> @@ -1618,11 +1618,7 @@ static int qlcnic_83xx_check_hw_status(struct qlcnic_adapter *p_dev)
>  	if (err)
>  		return err;
>  
> -	err = qlcnic_83xx_check_heartbeat(p_dev);
> -	if (err)
> -		return err;
> -
> -	return err;
> +	return qlcnic_83xx_check_heartbeat(p_dev);
>  }
>  
>  static int qlcnic_83xx_poll_reg(struct qlcnic_adapter *p_dev, u32 addr,
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/rtsn.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/rtsn.c
> index ee8381b60b8d..f7beeb73eb16 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/rtsn.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/rtsn.c
> @@ -685,7 +685,6 @@ static void rtsn_set_rate(struct rtsn_private *priv)
>  static int rtsn_rmac_init(struct rtsn_private *priv)
>  {
>  	const u8 *mac_addr = priv->ndev->dev_addr;
> -	int ret;
>  
>  	/* Set MAC address */
>  	rtsn_write(priv, MRMAC0, (mac_addr[0] << 8) | mac_addr[1]);
> @@ -702,11 +701,7 @@ static int rtsn_rmac_init(struct rtsn_private *priv)
>  
>  	/* Link verification */
>  	rtsn_modify(priv, MLVC, MLVC_PLV, MLVC_PLV);
> -	ret = rtsn_reg_wait(priv, MLVC, MLVC_PLV, 0);
> -	if (ret)
> -		return ret;
> -
> -	return ret;
> +	return rtsn_reg_wait(priv, MLVC, MLVC_PLV, 0);
>  }
>  
>  static int rtsn_hw_init(struct rtsn_private *priv)
> -- 
> 2.43.0
> 

-- 
Kind Regards,
Niklas Söderlund