linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][next] loop: remove redundant assignment to variable error

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Date:   Sun, 24 May 2020 10:44:17 -0600
From:   Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>, linux-block@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][next] loop: remove redundant assignment to variable error

On 5/24/20 10:10 AM, Colin King wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> The variable error is being assigned a value that is never
> read so the assignment is redundant and can be removed.

Plus, by definition, we already know that error is zero at the
time of assignment.

-- 
Jens Axboe