linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] cifs: remove redundant initialization of variable rc

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Message-ID: <CAH2r5mumV8UJPaXx-hWMWOB3bjz5dPH=4gEkiDGQBqnYdFxq3w@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Sat, 30 May 2020 16:08:01 -0500
From:   Steve French <smfrench@...il.com>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Cc:     Steve French <sfrench@...ba.org>,
        CIFS <linux-cifs@...r.kernel.org>,
        samba-technical <samba-technical@...ts.samba.org>,
        kernel-janitors <kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] cifs: remove redundant initialization of variable rc

merged into cifs-2.6.git for-next


On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 7:52 AM Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com> 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.
>
> Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> ---
>  fs/cifs/cifssmb.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c b/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
> index 5014a82391ff..d62f9175c546 100644
> --- a/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
> +++ b/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
> @@ -2375,7 +2375,7 @@ int
>  CIFSSMBWrite2(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_io_parms *io_parms,
>               unsigned int *nbytes, struct kvec *iov, int n_vec)
>  {
> -       int rc = -EACCES;
> +       int rc;
>         WRITE_REQ *pSMB = NULL;
>         int wct;
>         int smb_hdr_len;
> --
> 2.25.1
>


--
Thanks,

Steve