netdev - Re: [PATCH] netlabel: remove redundant assignment to pointer iter

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Date:   Sun, 1 Sep 2019 14:23:12 -0400
From:   Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Cc:     "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] netlabel: remove redundant assignment to pointer iter

On Sun, Sep 1, 2019 at 11:52 AM Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com> wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
>
> Pointer iter is being initialized with a value that is never read and
> is being re-assigned a little later on. The assignment is redundant
> and hence can be removed.
>
> Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> ---
>  net/netlabel/netlabel_kapi.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Acked-by: Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>

> diff --git a/net/netlabel/netlabel_kapi.c b/net/netlabel/netlabel_kapi.c
> index 2b0ef55cf89e..409a3ae47ce2 100644
> --- a/net/netlabel/netlabel_kapi.c
> +++ b/net/netlabel/netlabel_kapi.c
> @@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ static struct netlbl_lsm_catmap *_netlbl_catmap_getnode(
>   */
>  int netlbl_catmap_walk(struct netlbl_lsm_catmap *catmap, u32 offset)
>  {
> -       struct netlbl_lsm_catmap *iter = catmap;
> +       struct netlbl_lsm_catmap *iter;
>         u32 idx;
>         u32 bit;
>         NETLBL_CATMAP_MAPTYPE bitmap;
> --
> 2.20.1

-- 
paul moore
www.paul-moore.com