linux-kernel - Re: [Patch] ipc: remove unreachable code in sem.c

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Date:	Wed, 2 Dec 2009 14:45:52 -0800
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Amerigo Wang <amwang@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Patch] ipc: remove unreachable code in sem.c

On Tue, 1 Dec 2009 01:57:09 -0500
Amerigo Wang <amwang@...hat.com> wrote:

> This line is unreachable, remove it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: WANG Cong <amwang@...hat.com>
> 
> ---
> diff --git a/ipc/sem.c b/ipc/sem.c
> index 87c2b64..8439f2f 100644
> --- a/ipc/sem.c
> +++ b/ipc/sem.c
> @@ -652,7 +652,6 @@ static int semctl_nolock(struct ipc_namespace *ns, int semid,
>  	default:
>  		return -EINVAL;
>  	}
> -	return err;
>  out_unlock:
>  	sem_unlock(sma);
>  	return err;

If we're going to do that then there's no point in initialising `err':

--- a/ipc/sem.c~ipc-remove-unreachable-code-in-semc-fix
+++ a/ipc/sem.c
@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ static unsigned long copy_semid_to_user(
 static int semctl_nolock(struct ipc_namespace *ns, int semid,
 			 int cmd, int version, union semun arg)
 {
-	int err = -EINVAL;
+	int err;
 	struct sem_array *sma;
 
 	switch(cmd) {
_


you should have noticed this!
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