linux-kernel - Re: mm/fremap.c(104): remark #593: variable "pte

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Date:	Tue, 28 Nov 2006 18:01:44 +0000 (GMT)
From:	Hugh Dickins <hugh@...itas.com>
To:	d binderman <dcb314@...mail.com>
cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: mm/fremap.c(104): remark #593: variable "pte_val" was set but
 never used    

On Mon, 27 Nov 2006, d binderman wrote:
> 
> I just tried to compile Linux kernel 2.6.18.3 with the Intel C
> C compiler.
> 
> The compiler said
> 
> mm/fremap.c(104): remark #593: variable "pte_val" was set but never used
> 
> The source code is
> 
>    pte_t pte_val;
> 
> I have checked the source code and I agree with the compiler.
> Suggest delete local variable.

You're right, thank you, here's a patch...


[PATCH] kill install_file_pte's pte_val

David Binderman and his Intel C compiler rightly observe that
install_file_pte no longer has any use for its pte_val.

Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hugh@...itas.com>
---

 mm/fremap.c |    2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

--- 2.6.19-rc6/mm/fremap.c	2006-11-16 08:22:25.000000000 +0000
+++ linux/mm/fremap.c	2006-11-28 17:50:47.000000000 +0000
@@ -101,7 +101,6 @@ int install_file_pte(struct mm_struct *m
 {
 	int err = -ENOMEM;
 	pte_t *pte;
-	pte_t pte_val;
 	spinlock_t *ptl;
 
 	pte = get_locked_pte(mm, addr, &ptl);
@@ -114,7 +113,6 @@ int install_file_pte(struct mm_struct *m
 	}
 
 	set_pte_at(mm, addr, pte, pgoff_to_pte(pgoff));
-	pte_val = *pte;
 	/*
 	 * We don't need to run update_mmu_cache() here because the "file pte"
 	 * being installed by install_file_pte() is not a real pte - it's a
-
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