Re: [PATCH][next] fs/direct-io: remove redundant assignment to variable retval

From: Christian Brauner
Date: Thu Apr 11 2024 - 04:22:29 EST


On Wed, 10 Apr 2024 17:22:21 +0100, Colin Ian King wrote:
> The variable retval is being assigned a value that is not being read,
> it is being re-assigned later on in the function. The assignment
> is redundant and can be removed.
>
> Cleans up clang scan build warning:
> fs/direct-io.c:1220:2: warning: Value stored to 'retval' is never
> read [deadcode.DeadStores]
>
> [...]

Applied to the vfs.misc branch of the vfs/vfs.git tree.
Patches in the vfs.misc branch should appear in linux-next soon.

Please report any outstanding bugs that were missed during review in a
new review to the original patch series allowing us to drop it.

It's encouraged to provide Acked-bys and Reviewed-bys even though the
patch has now been applied. If possible patch trailers will be updated.

Note that commit hashes shown below are subject to change due to rebase,
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tree: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git
branch: vfs.misc

[1/1] fs/direct-io: remove redundant assignment to variable retval
https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/fd0a133ef6ed