linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][next] rtc: class: remove redundant assignment to variable err

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Message-ID: <20200402164821.GQ3683@piout.net>
Date:   Thu, 2 Apr 2020 18:48:21 +0200
From:   Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Cc:     Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@...ertech.it>, linux-rtc@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][next] rtc: class: remove redundant assignment to
 variable err

On 02/04/2020 12:04:11+0100, Colin King wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> The variable err 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>
> ---
>  drivers/rtc/class.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
Applied, thanks.

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Alexandre Belloni, Bootlin
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