netdev - Re: [PATCH] ipv6: remove redundant assignment to variable err

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Date:   Fri, 11 Sep 2020 08:48:12 -0600
From:   David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Alexey Kuznetsov <kuznet@....inr.ac.ru>,
        Hideaki YOSHIFUJI <yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ipv6: remove redundant assignment to variable err

On 9/11/20 4:35 AM, Colin King wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> The variable err is being initialized with a value that is never read and
> it is being updated later with a new value. The initialization is redundant
> and can be removed.  Also re-order variable declarations in reverse
> Christmas tree ordering.
> 
> Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> ---
>  net/ipv6/route.c | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 

Reviewed-by: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>