From: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2025 12:30:38 +0100

A pointer was assigned to a variable. The same pointer was used for
the destination parameter of a memcpy() call.
This function is documented in the way that the same value is returned.
Thus convert two separate statements into a direct variable assignment for
the return value from a memory copy action.

The source code was transformed by using the Coccinelle software.

Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
---
 drivers/atm/solos-pci.c | 9 +++++----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/atm/solos-pci.c b/drivers/atm/solos-pci.c
index d3c30a28c410..dc4aa803f3d6 100644
--- a/drivers/atm/solos-pci.c
+++ b/drivers/atm/solos-pci.c
@@ -1087,10 +1087,11 @@ static uint32_t fpga_tx(struct solos_card *card)
 				oldskb = skb; /* We're done with this skb already */
 			} else if (skb && card->using_dma) {
 				unsigned char *data = skb->data;
-				if ((unsigned long)data & card->dma_alignment) {
-					data = card->dma_bounce + (BUF_SIZE * port);
-					memcpy(data, skb->data, skb->len);
-				}
+
+				if ((unsigned long)data & card->dma_alignment)
+					data = memcpy(card->dma_bounce + (BUF_SIZE * port),
+						      skb->data, skb->len);
+
 				SKB_CB(skb)->dma_addr = dma_map_single(&card->dev->dev, data,
 								       skb->len, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
 				card->tx_skb[port] = skb;
-- 
2.51.1

On Fri, Oct 31, 2025 at 12:42:09PM +0100, Markus Elfring wrote:
> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2025 12:30:38 +0100
> 
> A pointer was assigned to a variable. The same pointer was used for
> the destination parameter of a memcpy() call.
> This function is documented in the way that the same value is returned.
> Thus convert two separate statements into a direct variable assignment for
> the return value from a memory copy action.
> 
> The source code was transformed by using the Coccinelle software.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>

Quoting documentation:

1.6.6. Clean-up patches¶

Netdev discourages patches which perform simple clean-ups, which are not in
the context of other work. For example:

 * Addressing checkpatch.pl, and other trivial coding style warnings

 * Addressing Local variable ordering issues

 * Conversions to device-managed APIs (devm_ helpers)

This is because it is felt that the churn that such changes produce comes
at a greater cost than the value of such clean-ups.

Conversely, spelling and grammar fixes are not discouraged.

https://docs.kernel.org/6.18-rc4/process/maintainer-netdev.html#clean-up-patches

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