linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] crypto: xor - Remove unused variable count in do_xor

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Date:   Thu, 8 Oct 2020 16:44:04 +1100
From:   Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:     Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@...il.com>
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>,
        Douglas Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>,
        linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        clang-built-linux@...glegroups.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] crypto: xor - Remove unused variable count in
 do_xor_speed

On Tue, Oct 06, 2020 at 12:58:48PM -0700, Nathan Chancellor wrote:
> Clang warns:
> 
> crypto/xor.c:101:4: warning: variable 'count' is uninitialized when used
> here [-Wuninitialized]
>                         count++;
>                         ^~~~~
> crypto/xor.c:86:17: note: initialize the variable 'count' to silence
> this warning
>         int i, j, count;
>                        ^
>                         = 0
> 1 warning generated.
> 
> After the refactoring to use ktime that happened in this function, count
> is only assigned, never read. Just remove the variable to get rid of the
> warning.
> 
> Fixes: c055e3eae0f1 ("crypto: xor - use ktime for template benchmarking")
> Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/1171
> Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@...il.com>
> ---
>  crypto/xor.c | 4 +---
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

Patch applied.  Thanks.
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