linux-kernel - Re: [f2fs-dev] [PATCH] f2fs: remove redundant assignment to variable err

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Message-ID: <881187e9-68c0-6766-d462-881371973974@huawei.com>
Date:   Tue, 21 Apr 2020 19:35:48 +0800
From:   Chao Yu <yuchao0@...wei.com>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>,
        Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@...nel.org>, Chao Yu <chao@...nel.org>,
        <linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net>
CC:     <kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [f2fs-dev] [PATCH] f2fs: remove redundant assignment to variable
 err

On 2020/4/21 6:00, Colin King wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> The variable err is being assigned 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>

Reviewed-by: Chao Yu <yuchao0@...wei.com>

Thanks,