linux-kernel - [PATCH] tty/isicom: remove redundant assignment to variable word

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Date:   Tue, 23 Jul 2019 16:03:14 +0100
From:   Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.com>
Cc:     kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] tty/isicom: remove redundant assignment to variable word_count

From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>

The variable word_count is being assigned a value that is never read before
a return, the assignment is redundant and can be removed.

Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value")
Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
---
 drivers/tty/isicom.c | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/isicom.c b/drivers/tty/isicom.c
index e04a43e89f6b..fc38f96475bf 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/isicom.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/isicom.c
@@ -553,7 +553,6 @@ static irqreturn_t isicom_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
 
 	tty = tty_port_tty_get(&port->port);
 	if (tty == NULL) {
-		word_count = byte_count >> 1;
 		while (byte_count > 1) {
 			inw(base);
 			byte_count -= 2;
-- 
2.20.1