linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] ext4: remove redundant assignment to node

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Date:   Thu, 20 Jun 2019 00:12:05 -0400
From:   "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Cc:     Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@...ger.ca>,
        linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: remove redundant assignment to node

On Wed, Jun 19, 2019 at 10:00:06AM +0100, Colin King wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> Pointer 'node' is assigned a value that is never read, node is
> later overwritten when it re-assigned a different value inside
> the while-loop.  The assignment is redundant and can be removed.
> 
> Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>

Applied, thanks.

						- Ted