netdev - [PATCH] rxrpc: call_event: Fix variable overwrite in __rxrpc_propose

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Date:   Mon, 27 Nov 2017 12:08:08 -0600
From:   "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <garsilva@...eddedor.com>
To:     David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <garsilva@...eddedor.com>
Subject: [PATCH] rxrpc: call_event: Fix variable overwrite in
 __rxrpc_propose_ACK

Value assigned to variable ack_at is overwritten before it can be used.

Fix this by removing the value overwrite as it seems that this is a
leftover code.

Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1462263
Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1462264
Fixes: beb8e5e4f38c ("rxrpc: Express protocol timeouts in terms of RTT")
Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <garsilva@...eddedor.com>
---
 net/rxrpc/call_event.c | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/rxrpc/call_event.c b/net/rxrpc/call_event.c
index bda952f..03074ba 100644
--- a/net/rxrpc/call_event.c
+++ b/net/rxrpc/call_event.c
@@ -123,7 +123,6 @@ static void __rxrpc_propose_ACK(struct rxrpc_call *call, u8 ack_reason,
 		else
 			ack_at = expiry;
 
-		ack_at = jiffies + expiry;
 		if (time_before(ack_at, call->ack_at)) {
 			WRITE_ONCE(call->ack_at, ack_at);
 			rxrpc_reduce_call_timer(call, ack_at, now,
-- 
2.7.4