Re: [PATCH 1/7] staging: dgnc: remove useless variable 'intr_count'

[Luis de Bethencourt]

On 27/05/16 07:52, Daeseok Youn wrote:
> The 'intr_count' variable was used only for increasing.
> So the 'intr_count' variable is not useful for this driver.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Daeseok Youn <daeseok.youn@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_cls.c    | 2 --
>  drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_driver.h | 1 -
>  drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_neo.c    | 2 --
>  3 files changed, 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_cls.c b/drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_cls.c
> index 46c050c..dcb808f 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_cls.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_cls.c
> @@ -760,8 +760,6 @@ static irqreturn_t cls_intr(int irq, void *voidbrd)
>  
>  	spin_lock_irqsave(&brd->bd_intr_lock, flags);
>  
> -	brd->intr_count++;
> -
>  	/*
>  	 * Check the board's global interrupt offset to see if we
>  	 * we actually do have an interrupt pending for us.
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_driver.h b/drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_driver.h
> index 95ec729..7ac33ed 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_driver.h
> +++ b/drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_driver.h
> @@ -183,7 +183,6 @@ struct dgnc_board {
>  	uint		nasync;		/* Number of ports on card */
>  
>  	uint		irq;		/* Interrupt request number */
> -	ulong		intr_count;	/* Count of interrupts */
>  	ulong		intr_modem;	/* Count of interrupts */
>  	ulong		intr_tx;	/* Count of interrupts */
>  	ulong		intr_rx;	/* Count of interrupts */
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_neo.c b/drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_neo.c
> index ba57e95..3f8bbb3 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_neo.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/dgnc/dgnc_neo.c
> @@ -926,8 +926,6 @@ static irqreturn_t neo_intr(int irq, void *voidbrd)
>  	if (!brd || brd->magic != DGNC_BOARD_MAGIC)
>  		return IRQ_NONE;
>  
> -	brd->intr_count++;
> -
>  	/* Lock out the slow poller from running on this board. */
>  	spin_lock_irqsave(&brd->bd_intr_lock, flags);
>  
> 

Good catch. intr_count is set and incremented but never read.

Thanks,
Luis