linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH REPOST] f2fs: file: drop useless initializer in expand_inode

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Message-ID: <87767c57-c50f-6a78-044e-9724bf7a272b@omp.ru>
Date:   Wed, 21 Dec 2022 17:50:17 +0300
From:   Sergey Shtylyov <s.shtylyov@....ru>
To:     Yangtao Li <frank.li@...o.com>, <jaegeuk@...nel.org>,
        <chao@...nel.org>
CC:     <linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH REPOST] f2fs: file: drop useless initializer in
 expand_inode_data()

On 12/21/22 5:46 PM, Sergey Shtylyov wrote:

>>> In expand_inode_data(), the 'new_size' local variable is initialized to
>>> the result of i_size_read(), however this value isn't ever used,  so we
>>> can drop this initializer...
>>>
>>> Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with the SVACE static
>>> analysis tool.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Sergey Shtylyov <s.shtylyov@....ru>
>>>
>>> ---
>>> This patch is against the 'dev' branch of Jaegeuk Kim's F2FS repo...
>>> Reposting with ISP RAS mailing lists CC'ed now...
>>
>> Why do you repeatedly send a patch

   Sorry, 1st time I forgot to do the internal CC dance -- CCing couple SVACE
(static analyzer) specific mailing lists...

[...]

>> Thx,
>> Yangtao

MBR, Sergey