linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ext4: Remove redundant assignment to error

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Message-ID: <YMqJnVr9nkxG3o5n@mit.edu>
Date:   Wed, 16 Jun 2021 19:30:37 -0400
From:   "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
To:     Jiapeng Chong <jiapeng.chong@...ux.alibaba.com>
Cc:     adilger.kernel@...ger.ca, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: Remove redundant assignment to error

On Thu, Apr 29, 2021 at 06:16:49PM +0800, Jiapeng Chong wrote:
> Variable error is set to zero but this value is never read as it's not
> used later on, hence it is a redundant assignment and can be removed.
> 
> Cleans up the following clang-analyzer warning:
> 
> fs/ext4/ioctl.c:657:3: warning: Value stored to 'error' 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>

Applied, thanks.

					- Ted