linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] USB: storage: isd200: remove redundant assignment to variable sendToTransport

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44L0.1908091528040.1630-100000@iolanthe.rowland.org>
Date:   Fri, 9 Aug 2019 15:29:08 -0400 (EDT)
From:   Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        <linux-usb@...r.kernel.org>,
        <usb-storage@...ts.one-eyed-alien.net>,
        <kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] USB: storage: isd200: remove redundant assignment to
 variable sendToTransport

On Fri, 9 Aug 2019, Colin King wrote:

> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> The variable sendToTransport is being initialized with a value that is
> never read and is being re-assigned a little later on. The assignment
> is redundant and hence can be removed.
> 
> Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value")

Of what use is that tag to general kernel developers?

> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> ---
>  drivers/usb/storage/isd200.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/usb/storage/isd200.c b/drivers/usb/storage/isd200.c
> index 2b474d60b4db..28e1128d53a4 100644
> --- a/drivers/usb/storage/isd200.c
> +++ b/drivers/usb/storage/isd200.c
> @@ -1511,7 +1511,7 @@ static int isd200_Initialization(struct us_data *us)
>  
>  static void isd200_ata_command(struct scsi_cmnd *srb, struct us_data *us)
>  {
> -	int sendToTransport = 1, orig_bufflen;
> +	int sendToTransport, orig_bufflen;
>  	union ata_cdb ataCdb;
>  
>  	/* Make sure driver was initialized */

Otherwise:

Acked-by: Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>

Alan Stern