linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][next] clk: Si5341/Si5340: remove redundant assignment to n

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Message-Id: <20190722212414.6EF8D21900@mail.kernel.org>
Date:   Mon, 22 Jul 2019 14:24:13 -0700
From:   Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...nel.org>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>,
        Michael Turquette <mturquette@...libre.com>,
        linux-clk@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Mike Looijmans <mike.looijmans@...ic.nl>
Subject: Re: [PATCH][next] clk: Si5341/Si5340: remove redundant assignment to n_den

Please Cc authors of drivers so they can ack/review.

Adding Mike to take a look.

Quoting Colin King (2019-07-01 09:50:20)
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> The variable n_den is initialized however that value is never read
> as n_den is re-assigned a little later in the two paths of a
> following if-statement.  Remove the redundant assignment.
> 
> Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> ---
>  drivers/clk/clk-si5341.c | 1 -
>  1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/clk/clk-si5341.c b/drivers/clk/clk-si5341.c
> index 72424eb7e5f8..6e780c2a9e6b 100644
> --- a/drivers/clk/clk-si5341.c
> +++ b/drivers/clk/clk-si5341.c
> @@ -547,7 +547,6 @@ static int si5341_synth_clk_set_rate(struct clk_hw *hw, unsigned long rate,
>         bool is_integer;
>  
>         n_num = synth->data->freq_vco;
> -       n_den = rate;
>  
>         /* see if there's an integer solution */
>         r = do_div(n_num, rate);