Re: [v2] rtlwifi: rtl8192cu: Remove variable self-assignment in rf.c

From: Kalle Valo
Date: Tue Feb 27 2018 - 11:17:53 EST


Matthias Kaehlcke <mka@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> In _rtl92c_get_txpower_writeval_by_regulatory() the variable writeVal
> is assigned to itself in an if ... else statement, apparently only to
> document that the branch condition is handled and that a previously read
> value should be returned unmodified. The self-assignment causes clang to
> raise the following warning:
>
> drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8192cu/rf.c:304:13:
> error: explicitly assigning value of variable of type 'u32'
> (aka 'unsigned int') to itself [-Werror,-Wself-assign]
> writeVal = writeVal;
>
> Delete the branch with the self-assignment.
>
> Signed-off-by: Matthias Kaehlcke <mka@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <groeck@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Patch applied to wireless-drivers-next.git, thanks.

fb239c1209bb rtlwifi: rtl8192cu: Remove variable self-assignment in rf.c

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