linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][next] lkdtm: remove redundant initialization of ret

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Date:   Fri, 21 Jun 2019 15:50:07 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][next] lkdtm: remove redundant initialization of ret

On Thu, Jun 20, 2019 at 11:13:32AM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 14, 2019 at 10:43:11AM +0100, Colin King wrote:
> > From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> > 
> > The variable ret is being initialized with the value -EINVAL however
> > this value is never read and ret is being re-assigned later on. Hence
> > the initialization is redundant and can be removed.
> > 
> > Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value")
> > Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
> 
> Greg, can you take this please?

Will do, thanks.

greg k-h