linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][V2][net-next] mlxsw: spectrum_router: remove redundant initialization of pointer br

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Message-Id: <20200527.112349.724631175356044481.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Wed, 27 May 2020 11:23:49 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     colin.king@...onical.com
Cc:     jiri@...lanox.com, idosch@...lanox.com, kuba@...nel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][V2][net-next] mlxsw: spectrum_router: remove redundant
 initialization of pointer br_dev 

From: Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Date: Wed, 27 May 2020 09:15:55 +0100

> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> The pointer br_dev is being initialized with a value that is never read
> and is being updated with a new value later on. The initialization
> is redundant and can be removed.
> 
> Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>

Applied.