linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] hwmon: HS3001: remove redundant store on division

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Date:   Wed, 25 Oct 2023 12:00:20 -0700
From:   Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To:     Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@...il.com>
Cc:     Andre Werner <andre.werner@...tec-electronic.com>,
        Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.com>, linux-hwmon@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] hwmon: HS3001: remove redundant store on division

On Mon, Oct 23, 2023 at 02:58:28PM +0100, Colin Ian King wrote:
> Currently the local variable hum is being divided by a constant and
> the results is being re-assigned back to hum before the value is being
> returned to the caller. The assignment to hum is redundant and can
> be removed.
> 
> Cleans up clang scan build warning:
> drivers/hwmon/hs3001.c:65:9: warning: Although the value stored to 'hum'
> is used in the enclosing expression, the value is never actually read
> from 'hum' [deadcode.DeadStores]
> 
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@...il.com>

Applied.

Guenter