[PATCH] efi_loader: address coverity report 492766 for dead code

Heinrich Schuchardt heinrich.schuchardt at canonical.com
Tue Apr 23 08:57:02 CEST 2024


On 23.04.24 07:38, Ilias Apalodimas wrote:
> The check of the return code is already done a few lines above.
> Although it doesn't cause any functional issues, remove the superfluous
> checks
> 
> Addresses-Coverity-ID: 492766 Control flow issues  (DEADCODE)
> Signed-off-by: Ilias Apalodimas <ilias.apalodimas at linaro.org>

Reviewed-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt at canonical.com>

> ---
>   lib/efi_loader/efi_var_mem.c | 2 --
>   1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/lib/efi_loader/efi_var_mem.c b/lib/efi_loader/efi_var_mem.c
> index 940ab6638823..139e16aad7c6 100644
> --- a/lib/efi_loader/efi_var_mem.c
> +++ b/lib/efi_loader/efi_var_mem.c
> @@ -232,8 +232,6 @@ efi_status_t efi_var_mem_init(void)
>   	efi_var_buf->length = (uintptr_t)efi_var_buf->var -
>   			      (uintptr_t)efi_var_buf;
>   
> -	if (ret != EFI_SUCCESS)
> -		return ret;
>   	ret = efi_create_event(EVT_SIGNAL_VIRTUAL_ADDRESS_CHANGE, TPL_CALLBACK,
>   			       efi_var_mem_notify_virtual_address_map, NULL,
>   			       NULL, &event);



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