linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] floppy: remove redundant assignment to variable st

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Date:   Thu, 15 Apr 2021 15:21:45 +0200
From:   Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        x86@...nel.org, "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Denis Efremov <efremov@...ux.com>,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] floppy: remove redundant assignment to variable st

On Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 02:00:20PM +0100, Colin King wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> The variable st is being assigned 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>

Indeed you're right.

Acked-by: Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>

Willy