linux-kernel - [PATCH] splice: Remove redundant assignment to ret

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Date:   Tue,  7 Mar 2023 16:49:18 +0800
From:   Jiapeng Chong <jiapeng.chong@...ux.alibaba.com>
To:     viro@...iv.linux.org.uk
Cc:     brauner@...nel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Jiapeng Chong <jiapeng.chong@...ux.alibaba.com>,
        Abaci Robot <abaci@...ux.alibaba.com>
Subject: [PATCH] splice: Remove redundant assignment to ret

The variable ret belongs to redundant assignment and can be deleted.

fs/splice.c:940:2: warning: Value stored to 'ret' is never read.

Reported-by: Abaci Robot <abaci@...ux.alibaba.com>
Link: https://bugzilla.openanolis.cn/show_bug.cgi?id=4406
Signed-off-by: Jiapeng Chong <jiapeng.chong@...ux.alibaba.com>
---
 fs/splice.c | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/splice.c b/fs/splice.c
index 2e76dbb81a8f..2c3dec2b6dfa 100644
--- a/fs/splice.c
+++ b/fs/splice.c
@@ -937,7 +937,6 @@ ssize_t splice_direct_to_actor(struct file *in, struct splice_desc *sd,
 	/*
 	 * Do the splice.
 	 */
-	ret = 0;
 	bytes = 0;
 	len = sd->total_len;
 	flags = sd->flags;
-- 
2.20.1.7.g153144c