linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] crypto: algboss: remove redundant setting of len to zero

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Date:   Sat, 7 Oct 2017 12:36:33 +0800
From:   Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Cc:     "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] crypto: algboss: remove redundant setting of len to zero

On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 07:02:19PM +0100, Colin King wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> The variable len is set to zero, never read and then later updated
> to p - name, so clearly the zero'ing of len is redundant and
> can be removed.
> 
> Detected by clang scan-build:
> " warning: Value stored to 'len' is never read"
> 
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>

Patch applied.  Thanks.
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