Re: [PATCH] net: cls_api: remove unneeded local variable in tc_dump_chain()

[Jakub Kicinski]

On Wed, 28 Oct 2020 12:35:33 +0100 Lukas Bulwahn wrote:
> make clang-analyzer on x86_64 defconfig caught my attention with:
> 
> net/sched/cls_api.c:2964:3: warning: Value stored to 'parent' is never read
>   [clang-analyzer-deadcode.DeadStores]
>                 parent = 0;
>                 ^
> 
> net/sched/cls_api.c:2977:4: warning: Value stored to 'parent' is never read
>   [clang-analyzer-deadcode.DeadStores]
>                         parent = q->handle;
>                         ^
> 
> Commit 32a4f5ecd738 ("net: sched: introduce chain object to uapi")
> introduced tc_dump_chain() and this initial implementation already
> contained these unneeded dead stores.
> 
> Simplify the code to make clang-analyzer happy.
> 
> As compilers will detect these unneeded assignments and optimize this
> anyway, the resulting binary is identical before and after this change.
> 
> No functional change. No change in object code.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> applies cleanly on current master and next-20201028
> 
> Jamal, Cong, Jiri, please ack.
> David, Jakub, please pick this minor non-urgent clean-up patch.

Applied, thanks!