linux-kernel - [PATCH] x86/boot: remove redundant initialization of variable delta

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Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2023 14:13:04 +0000
From: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@...il.com>
To: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
	x86@...nel.org,
	"H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc: kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] x86/boot: remove redundant initialization of variable delta

The variable delta is being initialized with a value that is never
read. The assignment is redundant and can be removed.

Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@...il.com>
---
 arch/x86/boot/string.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/string.c b/arch/x86/boot/string.c
index 1c8541ae3b3a..c23f3b9c84fe 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/string.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/string.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ int strcmp(const char *str1, const char *str2)
 {
 	const unsigned char *s1 = (const unsigned char *)str1;
 	const unsigned char *s2 = (const unsigned char *)str2;
-	int delta = 0;
+	int delta;
 
 	while (*s1 || *s2) {
 		delta = *s1 - *s2;
-- 
2.39.2