Re: [PATCH] eeprom: idt_89hpesx: remove unneeded csr_file variable

From: Kees Cook
Date: Tue Jun 11 2019 - 14:48:05 EST


On Tue, Jun 11, 2019 at 08:17:00PM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> The csr_file variable was only ever set, never read. So remove it from
> struct idt_89hpesx_dev as it is pointless to keep around.
>
> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

-Kees

> ---
> drivers/misc/eeprom/idt_89hpesx.c | 6 ++----
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/misc/eeprom/idt_89hpesx.c b/drivers/misc/eeprom/idt_89hpesx.c
> index 8a4659518c33..81c70e5bc168 100644
> --- a/drivers/misc/eeprom/idt_89hpesx.c
> +++ b/drivers/misc/eeprom/idt_89hpesx.c
> @@ -115,7 +115,6 @@ static struct dentry *csr_dbgdir;
> * @client: i2c client used to perform IO operations
> *
> * @ee_file: EEPROM read/write sysfs-file
> - * @csr_file: CSR read/write debugfs-node
> */
> struct idt_smb_seq;
> struct idt_89hpesx_dev {
> @@ -137,7 +136,6 @@ struct idt_89hpesx_dev {
>
> struct bin_attribute *ee_file;
> struct dentry *csr_dir;
> - struct dentry *csr_file;
> };
>
> /*
> @@ -1378,8 +1376,8 @@ static void idt_create_dbgfs_files(struct idt_89hpesx_dev *pdev)
> pdev->csr_dir = debugfs_create_dir(fname, csr_dbgdir);
>
> /* Create Debugfs file for CSR read/write operations */
> - pdev->csr_file = debugfs_create_file(cli->name, 0600,
> - pdev->csr_dir, pdev, &csr_dbgfs_ops);
> + debugfs_create_file(cli->name, 0600, pdev->csr_dir, pdev,
> + &csr_dbgfs_ops);
> }
>
> /*
> --
> 2.22.0
>

--
Kees Cook