linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] nfsd: Remove unnecessary assignment in nfs4xdr.c

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Date:   Thu, 13 Aug 2020 15:01:34 -0400
From:   Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@...cle.com>
To:     Bruce Fields <bfields@...ldses.org>
Cc:     Alex Dewar <alex.dewar90@...il.com>,
        Frank van der Linden <fllinden@...zon.com>,
        Linux NFS Mailing List <linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org>,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] nfsd: Remove unnecessary assignment in nfs4xdr.c



> On Aug 12, 2020, at 4:36 PM, Frank van der Linden <fllinden@...zon.com> wrote:
> 
> On Wed, Aug 12, 2020 at 03:12:51PM +0100, Alex Dewar wrote:
>> 
>> In nfsd4_encode_listxattrs(), the variable p is assigned to at one point
>> but this value is never used before p is reassigned. Fix this.
>> 
>> Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value")
>> Signed-off-by: Alex Dewar <alex.dewar90@...il.com>
>> ---
>> fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c | 2 +-
>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>> 
>> diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
>> index 259d5ad0e3f47..1a0341fd80f9a 100644
>> --- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
>> +++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4xdr.c
>> @@ -4859,7 +4859,7 @@ nfsd4_encode_listxattrs(struct nfsd4_compoundres *resp, __be32 nfserr,
>>                        goto out;
>>                }
>> 
>> -               p = xdr_encode_opaque(p, sp, slen);
>> +               xdr_encode_opaque(p, sp, slen);
>> 
>>                xdrleft -= xdrlen;
>>                count++;
>> --
>> 2.28.0
>> 
> 
> Yep, I guess my linting missed that, thanks for the fix.

Bruce, these two don't appear to be urgent, so I'm deferring them
to you for v5.10.


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Chuck Lever