linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] EDAC/sb_edac: Remove redundant initialization of variable rc

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Date:   Tue, 21 Dec 2021 12:07:19 +0100
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@...glemail.com>
Cc:     Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>, Qiuxu Zhuo <qiuxu.zhuo@...el.com>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        James Morse <james.morse@....com>,
        Robert Richter <rric@...nel.org>, linux-edac@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] EDAC/sb_edac: Remove redundant initialization of
 variable rc

On Fri, Nov 26, 2021 at 10:18:48PM +0000, Colin Ian King wrote:
> The variable rc is being initialized with a value that is never
> read, it is being updated later on. The assignment is redundant and
> can be removed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@...il.com>
> ---
>  drivers/edac/sb_edac.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/edac/sb_edac.c b/drivers/edac/sb_edac.c
> index 1522d4aa2ca6..9678ab97c7ac 100644
> --- a/drivers/edac/sb_edac.c
> +++ b/drivers/edac/sb_edac.c
> @@ -3439,7 +3439,7 @@ MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(x86cpu, sbridge_cpuids);
>  
>  static int sbridge_probe(const struct x86_cpu_id *id)
>  {
> -	int rc = -ENODEV;
> +	int rc;
>  	u8 mc, num_mc = 0;
>  	struct sbridge_dev *sbridge_dev;
>  	struct pci_id_table *ptable = (struct pci_id_table *)id->driver_data;
> -- 

Applied, thanks.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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