linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kernel: auditfilter: Remove unnecessary ‘0’ values from ret

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <CAHC9VhSjxWR9fy2Dq8-sgP=1bkPmDjFH-QehZ4eow1U=sEpBzg@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2024 16:30:38 -0500
From: Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>
To: Li zeming <zeming@...china.com>
Cc: eparis@...hat.com, audit@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kernel: auditfilter: Remove unnecessary ‘0’ values from ret

On Wed, Dec 27, 2023 at 9:56 PM Li zeming <zeming@...china.com> wrote:
>
> The ret variable is assigned when it does not need to be defined, as it
> has already been assigned before use.
>
> Signed-off-by: Li zeming <zeming@...china.com>
> ---
>  kernel/auditfilter.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Thanks for the patch, as this is not a critical change it will be
processed after the upcoming merge window closes.

> diff --git a/kernel/auditfilter.c b/kernel/auditfilter.c
> index 8317a37dea0bb..be8c680121e46 100644
> --- a/kernel/auditfilter.c
> +++ b/kernel/auditfilter.c
> @@ -788,7 +788,7 @@ static int audit_compare_rule(struct audit_krule *a, struct audit_krule *b)
>  static inline int audit_dupe_lsm_field(struct audit_field *df,
>                                            struct audit_field *sf)
>  {
> -       int ret = 0;
> +       int ret;
>         char *lsm_str;
>
>         /* our own copy of lsm_str */
> --
> 2.18.2

-- 
paul-moore.com