linux-kernel - Re: linux-4.15 bug report

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Date:   Fri, 9 Feb 2018 08:57:14 -0800
From:   Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
To:     David Binderman <dcb314@...mail.com>
Cc:     "vinod.koul@...el.com" <vinod.koul@...el.com>,
        "dmaengine@...r.kernel.org" <dmaengine@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: linux-4.15 bug report

On Fri, Feb 9, 2018 at 7:33 AM, David Binderman <dcb314@...mail.com> wrote:
> Hello there,
>
> linux-4.15/drivers/dma/ppc4xx/adma.c:3797]: (warning) Redundant assignment of 'adev->common.cap_mask' to itself.
>
> Source code is
>
>        adev->common.cap_mask = adev->common.cap_mask;
>
> Suggest either remove the code or do something useful.

Thanks for the report, Please send a patch.