linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] apparmor: Remove unused value

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Message-ID: <CADBJw5Zb7iOuzceDjeJ3e4JWAupxOTRnM62SmJFjv23vS-+bfQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2025 12:04:04 +0530
From: Chandra Mohan Sundar <chandramohan.explore@...il.com>
To: Akhilesh Patil <akhilesh@...iitb.ac.in>
Cc: john.johansen@...onical.com, paul@...l-moore.com, jmorris@...ei.org, 
	serge@...lyn.com, apparmor@...ts.ubuntu.com, 
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	shuah@...nel.org, linux-kernel-mentees@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] apparmor: Remove unused value

On Fri, Aug 15, 2025 at 9:40 AM Akhilesh Patil <akhilesh@...iitb.ac.in> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Aug 14, 2025 at 10:24:01PM +0530, Chandra Mohan Sundar wrote:
> > The value "new" is being assigned to NULL but that statement does not
> > have effect since "new" is being overwritten in the subsequent
> > fallback case.
> >
> > Remove the unused value. This issue was reported by coverity static
> > analyzer.
>
> Hi Chandra. Do you have Coverity ID for this issue ?
>
Hi Akhilesh,

Sure. The Coverity id is 1662453 (
https://scan5.scan.coverity.com/#/project-view/65357/10063?selectedIssue=1662453
).

Thanks,
Chandra Mohan Sundar