linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] pinctrl: bcm: remove redundant assignment to pointer log

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Message-ID: <CACRpkdbYKjKPAT=V8K_JtP49teq5q9GELkK-vc+mQEdwcU781w@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 11 Sep 2019 10:57:59 +0100
From:   Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Cc:     Ray Jui <rjui@...adcom.com>, Scott Branden <sbranden@...adcom.com>,
        bcm-kernel-feedback-list <bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com>,
        "open list:GPIO SUBSYSTEM" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pinctrl: bcm: remove redundant assignment to pointer log

On Thu, Sep 5, 2019 at 3:09 PM Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com> wrote:

> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
>
> The pointer log 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")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>

Patch applied.

Yours,
Linus Walleij