netdev - Re: [PATCH v3 2/3] gianfar: Delete unnecessary variable initialisations in gfar_ethflow_to_filer

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Date:	Fri, 15 Jan 2016 12:34:33 +0100
From:	SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
To:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Claudiu Manoil <claudiu.manoil@...escale.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
	Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/3] gianfar: Delete unnecessary variable
 initialisations in gfar_ethflow_to_filer_table()

>> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar_ethtool.c
>> @@ -768,12 +768,12 @@ static void ethflow_to_filer_rules (struct gfar_private *priv, u64 ethflow)
>>  static int gfar_ethflow_to_filer_table(struct gfar_private *priv, u64 ethflow,
>>  				       u64 class)
>>  {
>> -	unsigned int last_rule_idx = priv->cur_filer_idx;
>> +	unsigned int last_rule_idx;
> 
> This is a write only variable.  We can just remove it.

Can a static source code analysis tool like the software "http://smatch.sourceforge.net/"
detect that such a variable is not read by this function implementation so far?
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/tree/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar_ethtool.c?id=b75ec3af27bf011a760e2f44eb25a99b6fbb0fb3#n850

Does this place indicate an unwanted value assignment as a leftover,
or are there any other actions missing?

Regards,
Markus