linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fbmem: remove redundant assignment to err

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Date:   Tue, 23 Jul 2019 17:35:04 +0200
From:   Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Cc:     Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fbmem: remove redundant assignment to err


On 6/25/19 12:37 AM, Colin King wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> Variable err is initialized to a value that is never read and it
> is re-assigned later.  The initialization is redundant and can
> be removed.
> 
> Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>

Patch queued for v5.4, thanks.

Best regards,
--
Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
Samsung R&D Institute Poland
Samsung Electronics