linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8192u: remove redundant assignment to pointer crypt

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Date:   Thu, 22 Aug 2019 11:50:08 +0300
From:   Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        John Whitmore <johnfwhitmore@...il.com>,
        devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8192u: remove redundant assignment to
 pointer crypt

On Thu, Aug 22, 2019 at 09:46:09AM +0100, Colin King wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> The pointer crypt is being set with a value that is never read,
> the assignment is redundant and hence can be removed.
> 
> Thanks to Dan Carpenter for sanity checking that this was indeed
> redundant.
> 
> Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>

Thanks!

Reviewed-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>

regards,
dan carpenter