linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] usb: typec: ucsi: remove redundant assignment to variable num

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Date:   Thu, 13 Feb 2020 13:34:23 +0200
From:   Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] usb: typec: ucsi: remove redundant assignment to
 variable num

On Sat, Feb 08, 2020 at 04:50:22PM +0000, Colin King wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> Variable num is being assigned with a value that is never read, it is
> assigned a new value later in a for-loop. The assignment is redundant
> and can be removed.
> 
> Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> ---
>  drivers/usb/typec/ucsi/ucsi.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/usb/typec/ucsi/ucsi.c b/drivers/usb/typec/ucsi/ucsi.c
> index d5a6aac86327..b1b72cb7af10 100644
> --- a/drivers/usb/typec/ucsi/ucsi.c
> +++ b/drivers/usb/typec/ucsi/ucsi.c
> @@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ static int ucsi_register_altmodes(struct ucsi_connector *con, u8 recipient)
>  	struct typec_altmode_desc desc;
>  	struct ucsi_altmode alt[2];
>  	u64 command;
> -	int num = 1;
> +	int num;
>  	int ret;
>  	int len;
>  	int j;

Greg! I'll pick this, and to you with a few other patches that I have
in my queue for the ucsi driver. I hope that's OK.

thanks,

-- 
heikki