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Re: [PATCH 16/36] Input: remove conditional return with no effect

From: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>
Date: 2026-07-24 19:30:34
Also in: lkml

On Fri, Jul 24, 2026 at 03:45:18AM +0900, Sang-Heon Jeon wrote:
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
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 <redacted>
---
 drivers/input/keyboard/pmic8xxx-keypad.c | 8 +-------
 drivers/input/mouse/synaptics_i2c.c      | 6 +-----
 drivers/input/rmi4/rmi_smbus.c           | 7 +------
 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/input/keyboard/pmic8xxx-keypad.c b/drivers/input/keyboard/pmic8xxx-keypad.c
index 35d1aa2a22a5..c916e80e2f58 100644
--- a/drivers/input/keyboard/pmic8xxx-keypad.c
+++ b/drivers/input/keyboard/pmic8xxx-keypad.c
@@ -462,15 +462,9 @@ static int pmic8xxx_kp_enable(struct pmic8xxx_kp *kp)
 
 static int pmic8xxx_kp_disable(struct pmic8xxx_kp *kp)
 {
-	int rc;
-
 	kp->ctrl_reg &= ~KEYP_CTRL_KEYP_EN;
 
-	rc = regmap_write(kp->regmap, KEYP_CTRL, kp->ctrl_reg);
-	if (rc < 0)
-		return rc;
-
-	return rc;
+	return regmap_write(kp->regmap, KEYP_CTRL, kp->ctrl_reg);
This is fine.
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
 }
 
 static int pmic8xxx_kp_open(struct input_dev *dev)
diff --git a/drivers/input/mouse/synaptics_i2c.c b/drivers/input/mouse/synaptics_i2c.c
index d4cf982f1263..85e37e2ce45b 100644
--- a/drivers/input/mouse/synaptics_i2c.c
+++ b/drivers/input/mouse/synaptics_i2c.c
@@ -257,11 +257,7 @@ static s32 synaptics_i2c_reg_set(struct i2c_client *client, u16 reg, u8 val)
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 
-	error = i2c_smbus_write_byte_data(client, reg & 0xff, val);
-	if (error)
-		return error;
-
-	return error;
+	return i2c_smbus_write_byte_data(client, reg & 0xff, val);
When there ate multiple failure points the preference is to explicitly
return 0 on success.
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
 }
 
 static s32 synaptics_i2c_word_get(struct i2c_client *client, u16 reg)
diff --git a/drivers/input/rmi4/rmi_smbus.c b/drivers/input/rmi4/rmi_smbus.c
index 6de68c602558..3160714a514a 100644
--- a/drivers/input/rmi4/rmi_smbus.c
+++ b/drivers/input/rmi4/rmi_smbus.c
@@ -177,13 +177,8 @@ static int smb_block_read(struct rmi_transport_dev *xport,
 	struct rmi_smb_xport *rmi_smb =
 		container_of(xport, struct rmi_smb_xport, xport);
 	struct i2c_client *client = rmi_smb->client;
-	int retval;
 
-	retval = i2c_smbus_read_block_data(client, commandcode, buf);
-	if (retval < 0)
-		return retval;
-
-	return retval;
+	return i2c_smbus_read_block_data(client, commandcode, buf);
This is fine too...
 }
 
 static int rmi_smb_read_block(struct rmi_transport_dev *xport, u16 rmiaddr,
Thanks.

-- 
Dmitry
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