linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][next] tracing: remove redundant unread variable ret

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Message-ID: <20170919124330.36957d49@gandalf.local.home>
Date:   Tue, 19 Sep 2017 12:43:30 -0400
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Cc:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][next] tracing: remove redundant unread variable ret

On Wed, 23 Aug 2017 12:23:09 +0100
Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com> wrote:

> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> Integer ret is being assigned but never used and hence it is
> redundant. Remove it, fixes clang warning:
> 
> trace_events_hist.c:1077:3: warning: Value stored to 'ret' is never read

Thanks! Applied (rather late :-/)

-- Steve

> 
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> ---
>  kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c | 6 ++----
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c
> index 1c21d0e2a145..f123b5d0c226 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c
> +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c
> @@ -1062,7 +1062,7 @@ static void hist_trigger_show(struct seq_file *m,
>  			      struct event_trigger_data *data, int n)
>  {
>  	struct hist_trigger_data *hist_data;
> -	int n_entries, ret = 0;
> +	int n_entries;
>  
>  	if (n > 0)
>  		seq_puts(m, "\n\n");
> @@ -1073,10 +1073,8 @@ static void hist_trigger_show(struct seq_file *m,
>  
>  	hist_data = data->private_data;
>  	n_entries = print_entries(m, hist_data);
> -	if (n_entries < 0) {
> -		ret = n_entries;
> +	if (n_entries < 0)
>  		n_entries = 0;
> -	}
>  
>  	seq_printf(m, "\nTotals:\n    Hits: %llu\n    Entries: %u\n    Dropped: %llu\n",
>  		   (u64)atomic64_read(&hist_data->map->hits),