linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: ccree: remove unused pointer cc

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Date:   Thu, 9 Nov 2017 11:21:50 +0200
From:   Gilad Ben-Yossef <gilad@...yossef.com>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Linux Crypto Mailing List <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>,
        driverdev-devel@...uxdriverproject.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: ccree: remove unused pointer cc_base

Hi Colin,

Thank you very much for your patch.

On Thu, Nov 9, 2017 at 10:13 AM, Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com> wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
>
> Pointer cc_base is being assigned but is never read, hence it is
> redundant and can be removed. Cleans up clang warning:
>
> drivers/staging/ccree/ssi_driver.c:235:2: warning: Value stored to
> 'cc_base' is never read
>
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/ccree/ssi_driver.c | 3 ---
>  1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

Your patch is perfectly fine but I just happened to send a patch
series that includes
this fix but also deals with  other occurrences of the same now
no-longer needed cc_base
variable just a second ago before checking my email...

Sorry about that and thanks again.

Gilad

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Gilad Ben-Yossef
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