linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/9] efi/libstub/x86: remove redundant assignment to pointer hdr

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Date:   Thu,  9 Apr 2020 15:04:27 +0200
From:   Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>
To:     linux-efi@...r.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:     Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Arvind Sankar <nivedita@...m.mit.edu>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>,
        Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>,
        Gary Lin <glin@...e.com>, Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>,
        Sergey Shatunov <me@...k.pw>, Takashi Iwai <tiwai@...e.de>
Subject: [PATCH 2/9] efi/libstub/x86: remove redundant assignment to pointer hdr

From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>

The pointer hdr is being assigned a value that is never read and
it is being updated later with a new value. The assignment is
redundant and can be removed.

Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value")
Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200402102537.503103-1-colin.king@canonical.com
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>
---
 drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/x86-stub.c | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/x86-stub.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/x86-stub.c
index 8d3a707789de..e02ea51273ff 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/x86-stub.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/x86-stub.c
@@ -392,8 +392,6 @@ efi_status_t __efiapi efi_pe_entry(efi_handle_t handle,
 	image_base = efi_table_attr(image, image_base);
 	image_offset = (void *)startup_32 - image_base;
 
-	hdr = &((struct boot_params *)image_base)->hdr;
-
 	status = efi_allocate_pages(0x4000, (unsigned long *)&boot_params, ULONG_MAX);
 	if (status != EFI_SUCCESS) {
 		efi_printk("Failed to allocate lowmem for boot params\n");
-- 
2.17.1