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Date:   Thu, 6 Jun 2019 13:44:28 +0300
From:   Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:     Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Cc:     Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>,
        Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jesper Dangaard Brouer <hawk@...nel.org>,
        John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>,
        Björn Töpel <bjorn.topel@...el.com>,
        Magnus Karlsson <magnus.karlsson@...el.com>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, xdp-newbies@...r.kernel.org,
        bpf@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][next] bpf: remove redundant assignment to err

On Mon, Jun 03, 2019 at 07:07:20PM +0100, Colin Ian King wrote:
> On 03/06/2019 18:49, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> > On Mon, 3 Jun 2019 18:39:16 +0100, Colin Ian King wrote:
> >> On 03/06/2019 18:21, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> >>> On Mon,  3 Jun 2019 18:02:47 +0100, Colin King wrote:  
> >>>> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> >>>>
> >>>> The variable err is assigned with the value -EINVAL that is never
> >>>> read and it is re-assigned a new value later on.  The assignment is
> >>>> redundant and can be removed.
> >>>>
> >>>> Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value")
> >>>> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> >>>> ---
> >>>>  kernel/bpf/devmap.c | 2 +-
> >>>>  kernel/bpf/xskmap.c | 2 +-
> >>>>  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >>>>
> >>>> diff --git a/kernel/bpf/devmap.c b/kernel/bpf/devmap.c
> >>>> index 5ae7cce5ef16..a76cc6412fc4 100644
> >>>> --- a/kernel/bpf/devmap.c
> >>>> +++ b/kernel/bpf/devmap.c
> >>>> @@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ static u64 dev_map_bitmap_size(const union bpf_attr *attr)
> >>>>  static struct bpf_map *dev_map_alloc(union bpf_attr *attr)
> >>>>  {
> >>>>  	struct bpf_dtab *dtab;
> >>>> -	int err = -EINVAL;
> >>>> +	int err;
> >>>>  	u64 cost;  
> >>>
> >>> Perhaps keep the variables ordered longest to shortest?  
> >>
> >> Is that a required coding standard?
> > 
> > For networking code, yes.  Just look around the files you're changing
> > and see for yourself.
> 
> Ah, informal coding standards. Great. Won't this end up with more diff
> churn?

Everyone knows that netdev uses reverse Christmas tree declarations...

regards,
dan carpenter