linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][V2] net: hns3: remove redundant initialization of pointer 'client'

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Message-Id: <20200224.112143.2283025986833354811.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Mon, 24 Feb 2020 11:21:43 -0800 (PST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     colin.king@...onical.com
Cc:     yisen.zhuang@...wei.com, salil.mehta@...wei.com,
        tanhuazhong@...wei.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][V2] net: hns3: remove redundant initialization of
 pointer 'client'

From: Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2020 19:20:22 +0000

> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> The pointer 'client' is being initialized with a value that is never
> read, it is being updated later on. The initialization is redundant
> and can be removed.
> 
> Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> ---
> 
> V2: use reverse christmas tree ordering of local variables

Applied to net-next, thanks Colin.