linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][next][V2] bpf: remove redundant assignment to err

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Date:   Tue, 4 Jun 2019 13:58:57 +0200
From:   Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@...hat.com>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Cc:     Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>,
        Jesper Dangaard Brouer <hawk@...nel.org>,
        John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>,
        Björn Töpel <bjorn.topel@...el.com>,
        Magnus Karlsson <magnus.karlsson@...el.com>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, xdp-newbies@...r.kernel.org,
        bpf@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, brouer@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH][next][V2] bpf: remove redundant assignment to err

On Tue,  4 Jun 2019 09:21:46 +0100
Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com> wrote:

> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> The variable err is assigned with the value -EINVAL that is never
> read and it is re-assigned a new value later on.  The assignment is
> redundant and can be removed.
> 
> Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> ---
> 
> V2: reorder variables as recommended by Jakub Kicinski to keep in
>     the networking code style.

Thank you for following the networking coding style.

Acked-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@...hat.com>

-- 
Best regards,
  Jesper Dangaard Brouer
  MSc.CS, Principal Kernel Engineer at Red Hat
  LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/brouer