linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] pipe: remove redundant assignment to pointer buf

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Date:   Thu, 20 Jan 2022 09:51:32 +0100
From:   Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
To:     Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@...il.com>
Cc:     Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, llvm@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pipe: remove redundant assignment to pointer buf

On Wed, Jan 19, 2022 at 10:56:33PM +0000, Colin Ian King wrote:
> The pointer buf is being assigned a value that is never read, it is
> being re-assigned later on closer to where is it required to be set.
> The assignment is redundant and can be removed. Cleans up clang
> scan build warning:
> 
> fs/pipe.c:490:24: warning: Value stored to 'buf' during its
> initialization is never read [deadcode.DeadStores]
> 
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@...il.com>
> ---

Acked-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>