Re: [PATCH] mm/memblock: remove redundant assignment to variable max_addr

From: Pankaj Gupta
Date: Sat Feb 29 2020 - 02:47:37 EST


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> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> The variable max_addr 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.
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> Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> mm/memblock.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
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> diff --git a/mm/memblock.c b/mm/memblock.c
> index eba94ee3de0b..4d06bbaded0f 100644
> --- a/mm/memblock.c
> +++ b/mm/memblock.c
> @@ -1698,7 +1698,7 @@ static phys_addr_t __init_memblock __find_max_addr(phys_addr_t limit)
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> void __init memblock_enforce_memory_limit(phys_addr_t limit)
> {
> - phys_addr_t max_addr = PHYS_ADDR_MAX;
> + phys_addr_t max_addr;
>
> if (!limit)
> return;
> --
> 2.25.0

Reviewed-by: Pankaj Gupta <pankaj.gupta.linux@xxxxxxxxx>

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