linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] rpc: remove redundant initialization of variable status

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Date:   Mon, 14 Jun 2021 10:56:59 -0400
From:   "J . Bruce Fields" <bfields@...ldses.org>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Cc:     Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@...cle.com>,
        Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@...merspace.com>,
        Anna Schumaker <anna.schumaker@...app.com>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rpc: remove redundant initialization of variable status

Thanks, applied.--b.

On Sun, Jun 13, 2021 at 03:06:52PM +0100, Colin King wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> The variable status is being initialized with a value that is never
> read, the assignment is redundant and can be removed.
> 
> Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> ---
>  net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c
> index 6dff64374bfe..a81be45f40d9 100644
> --- a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c
> +++ b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c
> @@ -1275,7 +1275,7 @@ static int gss_proxy_save_rsc(struct cache_detail *cd,
>  	long long ctxh;
>  	struct gss_api_mech *gm = NULL;
>  	time64_t expiry;
> -	int status = -EINVAL;
> +	int status;
>  
>  	memset(&rsci, 0, sizeof(rsci));
>  	/* context handle */
> -- 
> 2.31.1