linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][next] ath11k: remove redundant initialization of pointer info

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Date:   Tue, 12 May 2020 07:34:25 +0000 (UTC)
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Cc:     "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        ath11k@...ts.infradead.org, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][next] ath11k: remove redundant initialization of pointer
 info

Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com> wrote:

> Pointer info is being assigned twice, once at the start of the function
> and secondly when it is just about to be accessed. Remove the redundant
> initialization and keep the original assignment to info that is close
> to the memcpy that uses it.
> 
> Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>

Patch applied to ath-next branch of ath.git, thanks.

52b776fa5921 ath11k: remove redundant initialization of pointer info

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https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/11534415/

https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches