linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] RDMA/iwpm: Remove redundant initialization of pointer err

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Date:   Tue, 12 Oct 2021 13:17:24 -0300
From:   Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Cc:     Doug Ledford <dledford@...hat.com>, linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] RDMA/iwpm: Remove redundant initialization of pointer
 err_str

On Thu, Oct 07, 2021 at 06:39:42PM +0100, Colin King wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> The pointer err_str is being initialized with a value that is
> never read, it is being updated later on. The assignment is
> redundant and can be removed.
> 
> Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> ---
>  drivers/infiniband/core/iwpm_util.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Applied to for-next, thanks

Jason