linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] rtc: ds1302: remove redundant initializations of pointer bp

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Message-ID: <20180214075242.GA8219@piout.net>
Date:   Wed, 14 Feb 2018 08:52:42 +0100
From:   Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...e-electrons.com>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Cc:     Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@...ertech.it>, linux-rtc@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rtc: ds1302: remove redundant initializations of pointer
 bp

On 23/01/2018 at 10:17:27 +0000, Colin King wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> Pointe bp is being initialized and this value is never read, it
> is being updated to the same value later just before it is going to
> be used. Remove the initialization as it is never read and keep
> the setting of bp closer to the use of bp.
> 
> Cleans up clang warnings:
> drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1302.c:115:7: warning: Value stored to 'bp' during
> its initialization is never read
> drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1302.c:46:7: warning: Value stored to 'bp' during
> its initialization is never read
> 
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> ---
>  drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1302.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
Applied, thanks.

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Alexandre Belloni, Bootlin (formerly Free Electrons)
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
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