linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net: dev_ioctl: remove redundant initialization of variable err

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Message-ID: <20201103175016.0070fe48@kicinski-fedora-pc1c0hjn.dhcp.thefacebook.com>
Date:   Tue, 3 Nov 2020 17:50:16 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Cc:     "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: dev_ioctl: remove redundant initialization of
 variable err

On Mon,  2 Nov 2020 12:16:15 +0000 Colin King wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> The variable err 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>

Applied.