linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] clk: clocking-wizard: Remove redundant initialization of pointer div

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Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2024 14:52:45 -0800
From: Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...nel.org>
To: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@...il.com>, Michael Turquette <mturquette@...libre.com>, Michal Simek <michal.simek@....com>, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-clk@...r.kernel.org
Cc: kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] clk: clocking-wizard: Remove redundant initialization of pointer div_addr

Quoting Colin Ian King (2024-02-23 05:43:47)
> The pointer div_addr is being assigned a value that is never used, it is
> being re-assigned a different value near the end of the function where
> it is being read in the next statement. The initialization is redundant
> and can be removed.
> 
> Cleans up clang scan build warning:
> drivers/clk/xilinx/clk-xlnx-clock-wizard.c:501:16: warning: Value stored
> to 'div_addr' during its initialization is never read [deadcode.DeadStores]
> 
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@...il.com>
> ---

Applied to clk-next