linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Removing dead code in /drivers/net/wan/hdlc

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Message-ID: <481173D6.6080609@garzik.org>
Date:	Fri, 25 Apr 2008 02:01:58 -0400
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	Krzysztof Halasa <khc@...waw.pl>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Removing dead code in /drivers/net/wan/hdlc_fr.c

Krzysztof Halasa wrote:
> From: Cédric Augonnet <Cedric.Augonnet@...-lyon.fr>
> 
> Removing dead code in /drivers/net/wan/hdlc_fr.c
>     
> The local variable "prefix" is never used anymore, and the content of
> this string appears a bit later, directly in a call to "alloc_netdev"
> after doing exactly the same if/else test. So there seems to be no
> point keeping those 4 lines anymore.
>     
> Signed-off-by: Cédric Augonnet <cedric.augonnet@...-lyon.org>
> Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Hałasa <khc@...waw.pl>
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wan/hdlc_fr.c b/drivers/net/wan/hdlc_fr.c
> index c4ab032..520bb0b 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wan/hdlc_fr.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wan/hdlc_fr.c
> @@ -1090,10 +1090,6 @@ static int fr_add_pvc(struct net_device *frad, unsigned int dlci, int type)
>  	pvc_device *pvc = NULL;
>  	struct net_device *dev;
>  	int result, used;
> -	char * prefix = "pvc%d";
> -
> -	if (type == ARPHRD_ETHER)
> -		prefix = "pvceth%d";
>  
>  	if ((pvc = add_pvc(frad, dlci)) == NULL) {

applied


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