linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][next] PCI: apple: Remove redundant initialization of pointer port

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Date:   Wed, 13 Oct 2021 10:06:20 -0400
From:   Alyssa Rosenzweig <alyssa@...enzweig.io>
To:     Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi@....com>
Cc:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>,
        Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>, Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>,
        Krzysztof Wilczyński <kw@...ux.com>,
        Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>, linux-pci@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][next] PCI: apple: Remove redundant initialization of
 pointer port_pdev

Hi Lorenzo,

> > The pointer port_pdev 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/pci/controller/pcie-apple.c | 2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> Squashed into the commit it is fixing.

It seems the commit already landed in linux-next? [1]

[1] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/commit/?id=00723f494020aceb92f789af634fecba1477fc01

Alyssa