linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] i2c: jz4780: remove redundant assignment to variable i

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Date:   Tue, 07 Jul 2020 01:52:29 +0200
From:   Paul Cercueil <paul@...pouillou.net>
To:     Wolfram Sang <wsa@...nel.org>
Cc:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>, linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] i2c: jz4780: remove redundant assignment to variable i

Hi,

Le sam. 4 juil. 2020 à 8:32, Wolfram Sang <wsa@...nel.org> a écrit :
> On Wed, Jun 10, 2020 at 01:59:01PM +0100, Colin King wrote:
>>  From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
>> 
>>  The variable i 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>
> 
> What about 'ret'? Doesn't the same reasoning apply for it?
> 

That's correct.

Colin, could you respin the patch and do the same for the 'ret' 
variable?

Thanks,
-Paul