linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/7] drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Mon, 17 Mar 2008 09:37:48 -0700
From:	"Kok, Auke" <auke-jan.h.kok@...el.com>
To:	Julia Lawall <julia@...u.dk>
CC:	jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com, ayyappan.veeraiyan@...el.com,
	john.ronciak@...el.com, jesse.brandeburg@...el.com,
	auke-jan.h.kok@...el.com, e1000-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/7] drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_main.c: remove unused variable


OK, i'll pass it along. ty

Julia Lawall wrote:
> From: Julia Lawall <julia@...u.dk>
> 
> The variable num_group_tail_writes is initialized but never used otherwise.
> 
> The semantic patch that makes this change is as follows:
> (http://www.emn.fr/x-info/coccinelle/)
> 
> // <smpl>
> @@
> type T;
> identifier i;
> constant C;
> @@
> 
> (
> extern T i;
> |
> - T i;
>   <+... when != i
> - i = C;
>   ...+>
> )
> // </smpl>
> 
> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@...u.dk>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_main.c |    2 --
>  1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff -u -p a/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_main.c b/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_main.c
> --- a/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_main.c 2008-03-12 14:13:13.000000000 +0100
> +++ b/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_main.c 2008-03-15 11:16:23.000000000 +0100
> @@ -2088,14 +2088,12 @@ ixgb_alloc_rx_buffers(struct ixgb_adapte
>  	struct ixgb_buffer *buffer_info;
>  	struct sk_buff *skb;
>  	unsigned int i;
> -	int num_group_tail_writes;
>  	long cleancount;
>  
>  	i = rx_ring->next_to_use;
>  	buffer_info = &rx_ring->buffer_info[i];
>  	cleancount = IXGB_DESC_UNUSED(rx_ring);
>  
> -	num_group_tail_writes = IXGB_RX_BUFFER_WRITE;
>  
>  	/* leave three descriptors unused */
>  	while(--cleancount > 2) {
> --
> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
> the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
> More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
> Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/

--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/