linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] serial: ucc_uart: remove redundant assignment to pointer bdp

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Message-ID: <2714d205-245a-a4e1-8335-53405608a286@kernel.org>
Date:   Fri, 20 Dec 2019 08:20:24 -0600
From:   Timur Tabi <timur@...nel.org>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.com>, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        linux-serial@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] serial: ucc_uart: remove redundant assignment to pointer
 bdp

On 12/19/19 6:10 PM, Colin King wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King<colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> The variable bdp is being initialized with a value that is never
> read and it is being updated later with a new value. The initialization
> is redundant and can be removed.
> 
> Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King<colin.king@...onical.com>

Acked-by: Timur Tabi <timur@...nel.org>

Looks like this bug has been there since day 1.