linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fs/buffer: Remove redundant assignment to err

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Message-ID: <20230322082043.f3vcu4iucqe533hl@wittgenstein>
Date:   Wed, 22 Mar 2023 09:20:43 +0100
From:   Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
To:     Jiapeng Chong <jiapeng.chong@...ux.alibaba.com>
Cc:     viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Abaci Robot <abaci@...ux.alibaba.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fs/buffer: Remove redundant assignment to err

On Wed, Mar 22, 2023 at 02:59:49PM +0800, Jiapeng Chong wrote:
> Variable 'err' set but not used.
> 
> fs/buffer.c:2613:2: warning: Value stored to 'err' is never read.
> 
> Reported-by: Abaci Robot <abaci@...ux.alibaba.com>
> Link: https://bugzilla.openanolis.cn/show_bug.cgi?id=4589
> Signed-off-by: Jiapeng Chong <jiapeng.chong@...ux.alibaba.com>
> ---
>  fs/buffer.c | 7 ++-----
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
> index d759b105c1e7..c844b5b93a89 100644
> --- a/fs/buffer.c
> +++ b/fs/buffer.c
> @@ -2580,7 +2580,7 @@ int block_truncate_page(struct address_space *mapping,
>  	struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
>  	struct page *page;
>  	struct buffer_head *bh;
> -	int err;
> +	int err = 0;
>  
>  	blocksize = i_blocksize(inode);
>  	length = offset & (blocksize - 1);
> @@ -2593,9 +2593,8 @@ int block_truncate_page(struct address_space *mapping,
>  	iblock = (sector_t)index << (PAGE_SHIFT - inode->i_blkbits);
>  	
>  	page = grab_cache_page(mapping, index);
> -	err = -ENOMEM;
>  	if (!page)
> -		goto out;
> +		return -ENOMEM;

This change makes the out: label unused.