linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: comedi: usbduxsigma: remove redundant assignment to variable fx2delay

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Message-ID: <7d0f8510-9c54-ab4b-c963-e99348efdfd0@mev.co.uk>
Date:   Thu, 15 Aug 2019 13:34:12 +0100
From:   Ian Abbott <abbotti@....co.uk>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>,
        H Hartley Sweeten <hsweeten@...ionengravers.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        devel@...verdev.osuosl.org
Cc:     kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: comedi: usbduxsigma: remove redundant assignment
 to variable fx2delay

On 15/08/2019 11:53, Colin King wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> Variable fx2delay is being initialized with a value that is never read
> and fx2delay is being re-assigned a little later on. The assignment is
> redundant and hence can be removed.
> 
> Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> ---
>   drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/usbduxsigma.c | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/usbduxsigma.c b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/usbduxsigma.c
> index 3cc40d2544be..54d7605e909f 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/usbduxsigma.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/usbduxsigma.c
> @@ -1074,7 +1074,7 @@ static int usbduxsigma_pwm_period(struct comedi_device *dev,
>   				  unsigned int period)
>   {
>   	struct usbduxsigma_private *devpriv = dev->private;
> -	int fx2delay = 255;
> +	int fx2delay;
>   
>   	if (period < MIN_PWM_PERIOD)
>   		return -EAGAIN;
> 

Looks fine, thanks!

Reviewed-by: Ian Abbott <abbotti@....co.uk>

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