Re: [PATCH] netfilter: remove unnecessary assignment in translate_table
From: Pablo Neira Ayuso
Date: Mon Aug 19 2024 - 13:02:57 EST
On Mon, Jul 01, 2024 at 07:53:02PM +0800, Liu Jing wrote:
> in translate_table, the initialized value of 'ret' is unused,
> because it will be assigned in the rear. thus remove it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Liu Jing <liujing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.c
> index fe89a056eb06..c9b34d7d7558 100644
> --- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.c
> +++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.c
> @@ -664,7 +664,7 @@ translate_table(struct net *net, struct xt_table_info *newinfo, void *entry0,
> struct ipt_entry *iter;
> unsigned int *offsets;
> unsigned int i;
> - int ret = 0;
> + int ret;
ip6_tables is a copy&paste from ip_tables, so it is arp_tables.
I think all of them have the same unnecessary initialization.
Would you still post v2?