linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] selinux: Remove redundant assignment to rc

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Date:   Mon, 10 May 2021 21:49:24 -0400
From:   Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>
To:     Jiapeng Chong <jiapeng.chong@...ux.alibaba.com>
Cc:     Stephen Smalley <stephen.smalley.work@...il.com>,
        Eric Paris <eparis@...isplace.org>, selinux@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] selinux: Remove redundant assignment to rc

On Wed, Apr 28, 2021 at 6:00 AM Jiapeng Chong
<jiapeng.chong@...ux.alibaba.com> wrote:
>
> Variable rc is set to '-EINVAL' but this value is never read as
> it is overwritten or not used later on, hence it is a redundant
> assignment and can be removed.
>
> Cleans up the following clang-analyzer warning:
>
> security/selinux/ss/services.c:2103:3: warning: Value stored to 'rc' is
> never read [clang-analyzer-deadcode.DeadStores].
>
> security/selinux/ss/services.c:2079:2: warning: Value stored to 'rc' is
> never read [clang-analyzer-deadcode.DeadStores].
>
> security/selinux/ss/services.c:2071:2: warning: Value stored to 'rc' is
> never read [clang-analyzer-deadcode.DeadStores].
>
> security/selinux/ss/services.c:2062:2: warning: Value stored to 'rc' is
> never read [clang-analyzer-deadcode.DeadStores].
>
> security/selinux/ss/policydb.c:2592:3: warning: Value stored to 'rc' is
> never read [clang-analyzer-deadcode.DeadStores].
>
> Reported-by: Abaci Robot <abaci@...ux.alibaba.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jiapeng Chong <jiapeng.chong@...ux.alibaba.com>
> ---
>  security/selinux/ss/policydb.c | 1 -
>  security/selinux/ss/services.c | 4 ----
>  2 files changed, 5 deletions(-)

Merged into selinux/next, thanks.

-- 
paul moore
www.paul-moore.com