netdev - [PATCH] rxrpc: Fix set but unused variable 'usage' in rxrpc_get

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Date:	Thu, 19 May 2011 18:41:22 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] rxrpc: Fix set but unused variable 'usage' in
 rxrpc_get_peer().


I backed off from trying to just eliminate this variable, since
transforming atomic_inc_return() into atomic_inc() takes away
the memory barriers.

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
---
 net/rxrpc/ar-peer.c |    3 ++-
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/rxrpc/ar-peer.c b/net/rxrpc/ar-peer.c
index b6ff063..2754f09 100644
--- a/net/rxrpc/ar-peer.c
+++ b/net/rxrpc/ar-peer.c
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ struct rxrpc_peer *rxrpc_get_peer(struct sockaddr_rxrpc *srx, gfp_t gfp)
 	/* we can now add the new candidate to the list */
 	peer = candidate;
 	candidate = NULL;
+	usage = atomic_read(&peer->usage);
 
 	list_add_tail(&peer->link, &rxrpc_peers);
 	write_unlock_bh(&rxrpc_peer_lock);
@@ -171,7 +172,7 @@ success:
 	     &peer->srx.transport.sin.sin_addr,
 	     ntohs(peer->srx.transport.sin.sin_port));
 
-	_leave(" = %p {u=%d}", peer, atomic_read(&peer->usage));
+	_leave(" = %p {u=%d}", peer, usage);
 	return peer;
 
 	/* we found the peer in the list immediately */
-- 
1.7.4.4

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