linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][next] pstore/zone: remove redundant initializations to variable ret

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Date:   Tue, 12 May 2020 12:40:57 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Cc:     Anton Vorontsov <anton@...msg.org>,
        Colin Cross <ccross@...roid.com>,
        Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][next] pstore/zone: remove redundant initializations to
 variable ret

On Tue, May 12, 2020 at 06:38:01PM +0100, Colin King wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> The variable rc 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.  In one of the cases, ret can also be moved inside a
> for-loop to reduce the scope.
> 
> Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>

Thanks!

> ---
>  fs/pstore/zone.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/pstore/zone.c b/fs/pstore/zone.c
> index 3cf7d6762c76..419de481c69c 100644
> --- a/fs/pstore/zone.c
> +++ b/fs/pstore/zone.c
> @@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ static int psz_recover_zones(struct psz_context *cxt,
>   */
>  static inline int psz_recovery(struct psz_context *cxt)
>  {
> -	int ret = -EBUSY;
> +	int ret;
>  
>  	if (atomic_read(&cxt->recovered))
>  		return 0;

I've refactored this code.

> @@ -746,13 +746,13 @@ static void psz_write_kmsg_hdr(struct pstore_zone *zone,
>  static inline int notrace psz_kmsg_write_record(struct psz_context *cxt,
>  		struct pstore_record *record)
>  {
> -	int ret = -EBUSY;
>  	size_t size, hlen;
>  	struct pstore_zone *zone;
>  	unsigned int i;
>  
>  	for (i = 0; i < cxt->kmsg_max_cnt; i++) {
>  		unsigned int zonenum, len;
> +		int ret;
>  
>  		zonenum = (cxt->kmsg_write_cnt + i) % cxt->kmsg_max_cnt;
>  		zone = cxt->kpszs[zonenum];

And I've applied this hunk. Thanks!

-- 
Kees Cook