linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kdb: remove unnecessary variable assignment in kdb

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Date:   Fri, 23 Jun 2017 09:06:13 +0100
From:   Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@...aro.org>
To:     "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <garsilva@...eddedor.com>,
        Jason Wessel <jason.wessel@...driver.com>
Cc:     kgdb-bugreport@...ts.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kdb: remove unnecessary variable assignment in kdb_bc()

On 22/06/17 23:41, Gustavo A. R. Silva wrote:
> Value assigned to variable _bp_ at line 415 is the same as at line 434.
> This makes such variable assignment unnecessary.
> 
> Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1227025
> Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <garsilva@...eddedor.com>

Reviewed-by: Daniel Thompson <daniel.thompson@...aro.org>

> ---
>   kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_bp.c | 1 -
>   1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_bp.c b/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_bp.c
> index 90ff129..039a329e 100644
> --- a/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_bp.c
> +++ b/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_bp.c
> @@ -412,7 +412,6 @@ static int kdb_bc(int argc, const char **argv)
>   		 * assume that the breakpoint number is desired.
>   		 */
>   		if (addr < KDB_MAXBPT) {
> -			bp = &kdb_breakpoints[addr];
>   			lowbp = highbp = addr;
>   			highbp++;
>   		} else {
>