linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] scsi: megaraid_mbox: remove redundant initialization of pointer mbox

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Message-ID: <yq17dkoo2so.fsf@ca-mkp.ca.oracle.com>
Date:   Mon, 26 Apr 2021 22:54:22 -0400
From:   "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Cc:     Kashyap Desai <kashyap.desai@...adcom.com>,
        Sumit Saxena <sumit.saxena@...adcom.com>,
        Shivasharan S <shivasharan.srikanteshwara@...adcom.com>,
        "James E . J . Bottomley" <jejb@...ux.ibm.com>,
        "Martin K . Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        megaraidlinux.pdl@...adcom.com, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi: megaraid_mbox: remove redundant initialization of
 pointer mbox


Colin,

> The pointer mbox 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.

Applied to 5.14/scsi-staging, thanks!

-- 
Martin K. Petersen	Oracle Linux Engineering