linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][next] xirc2ps_cs: remove redundant assignment to variable okay, clean up freespace

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Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2024 09:37:05 +0000
From: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
To: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@...il.com>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][next] xirc2ps_cs: remove redundant assignment to
 variable okay, clean up freespace

On Mon, Feb 05, 2024 at 09:36:43PM +0000, Colin Ian King wrote:
> The variable okay is being initialized with a value that is never
> read, it is being re-assigned later on. The initialization is
> redundant and can be removed.  Also clean up assignment to
> variable freespace using an assignment and mask operation.
> 
> Cleans up clang scan build warning:
> drivers/net/ethernet/xircom/xirc2ps_cs.c:1244:5: warning: Value stored
> to 'okay' is never read [deadcode.DeadStores]
> 
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@...il.com>

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>