linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][next] binder: remove redundant assignment to pointer n

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Message-ID: <20200911105504.zlovcoikrpip66aq@wittgenstein>
Date:   Fri, 11 Sep 2020 12:55:04 +0200
From:   Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@...ntu.com>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Arve Hjønnevåg <arve@...roid.com>,
        Todd Kjos <tkjos@...roid.com>,
        Martijn Coenen <maco@...roid.com>,
        Joel Fernandes <joel@...lfernandes.org>,
        Christian Brauner <christian@...uner.io>,
        Hridya Valsaraju <hridya@...gle.com>,
        Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com>,
        devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][next] binder: remove redundant assignment to pointer n

On Thu, Sep 10, 2020 at 04:12:21PM +0100, Colin King wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> The pointer n 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>
> ---

Thanks!
Acked-by: Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@...ntu.com>