linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net_sched: use explicit size of struct tcmsg, remove need to declare tcm

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Message-Id: <20170918.165246.1776895667963317474.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Mon, 18 Sep 2017 16:52:46 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     colin.king@...onical.com
Cc:     jhs@...atatu.com, xiyou.wangcong@...il.com, jiri@...nulli.us,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net_sched: use explicit size of struct tcmsg, remove
 need to declare tcm

From: Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2017 12:40:38 +0100

> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> Pointer tcm is being initialized and is never read, it is only being used
> to determine the size of struct tcmsg.  Clean this up by removing
> variable tcm and explicitly using the sizeof struct tcmsg rather than *tcm.
> Cleans up clang warning:
> 
> warning: Value stored to 'tcm' during its initialization is never read
> 
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>

Applied to net-next.