Re: [PATCH] srcu: remove never used variable

From: Paul E. McKenney
Date: Thu Feb 22 2018 - 11:57:49 EST


On Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at 06:52:37AM +0000, zhouzhouyi@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Zhouyi Zhou <zhouzhouyi@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> In function srcu_gp_end, the variable idxnext is never used after assign,
> remove it and its assign statement.
>
> Signed-off-by: Zhouyi Zhou <zhouzhouyi@xxxxxxxxx>

Good catch, but Byungchul Park beat you to it. Please see commit
a72da917f186 ("srcu: Remove dead code in srcu_gp_end()") in -rcu.

Thanx, Paul

> ---
> kernel/rcu/srcutree.c | 2 --
> 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c b/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c
> index d5cea81..1241715 100644
> --- a/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c
> +++ b/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c
> @@ -531,7 +531,6 @@ static void srcu_gp_end(struct srcu_struct *sp)
> unsigned long flags;
> unsigned long gpseq;
> int idx;
> - int idxnext;
> unsigned long mask;
> struct srcu_data *sdp;
> struct srcu_node *snp;
> @@ -555,7 +554,6 @@ static void srcu_gp_end(struct srcu_struct *sp)
>
> /* Initiate callback invocation as needed. */
> idx = rcu_seq_ctr(gpseq) % ARRAY_SIZE(snp->srcu_have_cbs);
> - idxnext = (idx + 1) % ARRAY_SIZE(snp->srcu_have_cbs);
> rcu_for_each_node_breadth_first(sp, snp) {
> spin_lock_irq_rcu_node(snp);
> cbs = false;
> --
> 2.1.4
>