linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] vboxsf: Remove variable out

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Message-ID: <b9110803-0bbe-1a54-6a29-c5e5603dc7a6@redhat.com>
Date:   Tue, 25 Oct 2022 11:55:49 +0200
From:   Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>
To:     Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@...il.com>,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] vboxsf: Remove variable out_len

Hi,

On 10/24/22 18:40, Colin Ian King wrote:
> Variable out_len is just being incremented by nb and it's never used
> anywhere else. The variable and the increment are redundant so
> remove it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@...il.com>

Thanks, patch looks good to me:

Reviewed-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>

Regards,

Hans



> ---
>  fs/vboxsf/utils.c | 3 ---
>  1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/vboxsf/utils.c b/fs/vboxsf/utils.c
> index e1db0f3f7e5e..7f2838c42dcc 100644
> --- a/fs/vboxsf/utils.c
> +++ b/fs/vboxsf/utils.c
> @@ -439,7 +439,6 @@ int vboxsf_nlscpy(struct vboxsf_sbi *sbi, char *name, size_t name_bound_len,
>  {
>  	const char *in;
>  	char *out;
> -	size_t out_len;
>  	size_t out_bound_len;
>  	size_t in_bound_len;
>  
> @@ -447,7 +446,6 @@ int vboxsf_nlscpy(struct vboxsf_sbi *sbi, char *name, size_t name_bound_len,
>  	in_bound_len = utf8_len;
>  
>  	out = name;
> -	out_len = 0;
>  	/* Reserve space for terminating 0 */
>  	out_bound_len = name_bound_len - 1;
>  
> @@ -468,7 +466,6 @@ int vboxsf_nlscpy(struct vboxsf_sbi *sbi, char *name, size_t name_bound_len,
>  
>  		out += nb;
>  		out_bound_len -= nb;
> -		out_len += nb;
>  	}
>  
>  	*out = 0;