linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] dm: remove unneeded variable

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Date:   Wed, 14 Jun 2023 03:42:28 +0100
From:   Alasdair G Kergon <agk@...hat.com>
To:     baomingtong001@...suo.com
Cc:     agk <agk@...hat.com>, snitzer <snitzer@...nel.org>,
        dm-devel <dm-devel@...hat.com>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] dm: remove unneeded variable

On Wed, Jun 14, 2023 at 10:10:33AM +0800, baomingtong001@...suo.com wrote:
> fix the following coccicheck warning:
> drivers/md/dm-snap-persistent.c:909:14-16: Unneeded variable: "sz".
 
> - unsigned int sz = 0;
 
> - return sz;
> + return 0;
 
Did the patched code compile OK for you?

The semantics of the DMEMIT macro are perhaps a tad unexpected.

Alasdair