linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][next] xfs: remove redundant assignment to variable error

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Date:   Thu, 7 Nov 2019 09:44:04 +0300
From:   Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:     Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...deen.net>
Cc:     Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>,
        "Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>,
        linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][next] xfs: remove redundant assignment to variable error

On Wed, Nov 06, 2019 at 10:19:18AM -0600, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> 
> 
> On 11/6/19 9:59 AM, Colin Ian King wrote:
> > On 06/11/2019 15:56, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> >> On Wed, Nov 06, 2019 at 03:52:48PM +0000, Colin King wrote:
> >>> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> >>>
> >>> Variable error is being initialized with a value that is never read
> >>> and is being re-assigned a couple of statements later on. The
> >>> assignment is redundant and hence can be removed.
> >>>
> >>> Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value")
> >>
> >> Er... is there a coverity id that goes with this?
> > 
> > Unfortunately it is a private one, so it does not make sense to use it.
> 
> If it's not in the upstream coverity scan (and AFAICT it's not),
> it makes no sense to reference coverity in the commit log.
> It's not useful to anyone IMHO.
> 

It's sort of useful if want to see how the bug was found or if you want
to count how many bugs coverity finds...  I'm pretty sure I remember
someone complaining that it wasn't mentioned in the commit.

regards,
dan carpenter