> Subject: Re: [PATCH] net/iavf: fix dead store on reset path
>
> On 9/25/2026 10:58 AM, Ciara Loftus wrote:
> > When dev_start fails during reset recovery, the code defers the start
> > to the next link-up event and resets ret to 0 to avoid treating this
> > as an error. This is redundant since ret is unconditionally
> > overwritten by the return value of iavf_post_reset_reconfig()
> > immediately after. Remove the dead assignment.
> >
> > Fixes: 9aac2219dc2a ("net/iavf: defer device start when PF VSI not ready")
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Ciara Loftus <[email protected]>
> > ---
>
> I wouldn't really qualify this as a bug fix except maybe static analysis
> tools might flag it so perhaps having a Fixes tag is worth it.
Apologies this was indeed found by static analysis and should have
included the following tag, if it can be added on apply:
Coverity issue: 506150
>
> Acked-by: Anatoly Burakov <[email protected]>
>
> --
> Thanks,
> Anatoly
