linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] arcnet: capmode: remove redundant assignment to pointer pkt

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Date:   Wed, 28 Aug 2019 12:14:31 +0300
From:   Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>,
        Michael Grzeschik <m.grzeschik@...gutronix.de>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] arcnet: capmode: remove redundant assignment to pointer
 pkt

Hello!

On 27.08.2019 14:29, Colin King wrote:

> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> Pointer pkt is being initialized with a value that is never read
> and pkg is being re-assigned a little later on. The assignment is
       ^^^ pkt

> redundant and hence can be removed.
> 
> Addresses-Coverity: ("Ununsed value")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
[...]

MBR, Sergei