static int request_locality(struct tpm_chip *chip)
 {
        unsigned long stop;
-       long rc;
+       long ret;
        struct tpm_stm_dev *tpm_dev;
        u8 data;
 
                return chip->vendor.locality;
 
        data = TPM_ACCESS_REQUEST_USE;
-       rc = I2C_WRITE_DATA(tpm_dev, TPM_ACCESS, &data, 1);
-       if (rc < 0)
+       ret = I2C_WRITE_DATA(tpm_dev, TPM_ACCESS, &data, 1);
+       if (ret < 0)
                goto end;
 
        if (chip->vendor.irq) {
-               rc = wait_for_serirq_timeout(chip, (check_locality
+               ret = wait_for_serirq_timeout(chip, (check_locality
                                                       (chip) >= 0),
                                                      chip->vendor.timeout_a);
-               if (rc > 0)
+               if (ret > 0)
                        return chip->vendor.locality;
        } else {
                stop = jiffies + chip->vendor.timeout_a;
                        msleep(TPM_TIMEOUT);
                } while (time_before(jiffies, stop));
        }
-       rc = -EACCES;
+       ret = -EACCES;
 end:
-       return rc;
+       return ret;
 } /* request_locality() */
 
 /*
                         wait_queue_head_t *queue)
 {
        unsigned long stop;
-       long rc;
+       long ret;
        u8 status;
 
         if (chip->vendor.irq) {
-               rc = wait_for_serirq_timeout(chip, ((tpm_stm_i2c_status
+               ret = wait_for_serirq_timeout(chip, ((tpm_stm_i2c_status
                                                        (chip) & mask) ==
                                                       mask), timeout);
-               if (rc > 0)
+               if (ret > 0)
                        return 0;
        } else {
                stop = jiffies + timeout;
 static int
 tpm_st33_i2c_probe(struct i2c_client *client, const struct i2c_device_id *id)
 {
-       int err;
+       int ret;
        u8 intmask;
        struct tpm_chip *chip;
        struct st33zp24_platform_data *platform_data;
        if (client == NULL) {
                pr_info("%s: i2c client is NULL. Device not accessible.\n",
                        __func__);
-               err = -ENODEV;
+               ret = -ENODEV;
                goto end;
        }
 
        if (!i2c_check_functionality(client->adapter, I2C_FUNC_I2C)) {
                dev_info(&client->dev, "client not i2c capable\n");
-               err = -ENODEV;
+               ret = -ENODEV;
                goto end;
        }
 
        tpm_dev = devm_kzalloc(&client->dev, sizeof(struct tpm_stm_dev),
                               GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!tpm_dev) {
-               err = -ENOMEM;
+               ret = -ENOMEM;
                goto _tpm_clean_answer;
        }
 
 
        if (!platform_data) {
                dev_info(&client->dev, "chip not available\n");
-               err = -ENODEV;
+               ret = -ENODEV;
                goto _tpm_clean_answer;
        }
 
        chip->vendor.locality = LOCALITY0;
 
        if (power_mgt) {
-               err = gpio_request(platform_data->io_lpcpd, "TPM IO_LPCPD");
-               if (err)
+               ret = gpio_request(platform_data->io_lpcpd, "TPM IO_LPCPD");
+               if (ret)
                        goto _gpio_init1;
                gpio_set_value(platform_data->io_lpcpd, 1);
        }
        if (interrupts) {
                init_completion(&tpm_dev->irq_detection);
                if (request_locality(chip) != LOCALITY0) {
-                       err = -ENODEV;
+                       ret = -ENODEV;
                        goto _tpm_clean_answer;
                }
 
                clear_interruption(tpm_dev);
-               err = request_irq(client->irq,
+               ret = request_irq(client->irq,
                                &tpm_ioserirq_handler,
                                IRQF_TRIGGER_HIGH,
                                "TPM SERIRQ management", chip);
-               if (err < 0) {
+               if (ret < 0) {
                        dev_err(chip->dev , "TPM SERIRQ signals %d not available\n",
                                client->irq);
                        goto _irq_set;
                }
 
-               err = I2C_READ_DATA(tpm_dev, TPM_INT_ENABLE, &intmask, 1);
-               if (err < 0)
+               ret = I2C_READ_DATA(tpm_dev, TPM_INT_ENABLE, &intmask, 1);
+               if (ret < 0)
                        goto _irq_set;
 
                intmask |= TPM_INTF_CMD_READY_INT
                        |  TPM_INTF_STS_VALID_INT
                        |  TPM_INTF_DATA_AVAIL_INT;
 
-               err = I2C_WRITE_DATA(tpm_dev, TPM_INT_ENABLE, &intmask, 1);
-               if (err < 0)
+               ret = I2C_WRITE_DATA(tpm_dev, TPM_INT_ENABLE, &intmask, 1);
+               if (ret < 0)
                        goto _irq_set;
 
                intmask = TPM_GLOBAL_INT_ENABLE;
-               err = I2C_WRITE_DATA(tpm_dev, (TPM_INT_ENABLE + 3),
+               ret = I2C_WRITE_DATA(tpm_dev, (TPM_INT_ENABLE + 3),
                                     &intmask, 1);
-               if (err < 0)
+               if (ret < 0)
                        goto _irq_set;
 
-               err = I2C_READ_DATA(tpm_dev, TPM_INT_STATUS, &intmask, 1);
-               if (err < 0)
+               ret = I2C_READ_DATA(tpm_dev, TPM_INT_STATUS, &intmask, 1);
+               if (ret < 0)
                        goto _irq_set;
 
                chip->vendor.irq = interrupts;
        tpm_remove_hardware(chip->dev);
 end:
        pr_info("TPM I2C initialisation fail\n");
-       return err;
+       return ret;
 }
 
 /*
                gpio_set_value(pin_infos->io_lpcpd, 0);
        else
                ret = tpm_pm_suspend(dev);
-
        return ret;
 }                              /* tpm_st33_i2c_suspend() */
 
                        tpm_do_selftest(chip);
        }
        return ret;
-}                              /* tpm_st33_i2c_pm_resume() */
+} /* tpm_st33_i2c_pm_resume() */
 #endif
 
 static const struct i2c_device_id tpm_st33_i2c_id[] = {