Re: [PATCH] snic/vnic_dev: Remove dead store in vnic_dev_discover_res()

[Narsimhulu Musini (nmusini)]

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From: Evgenii Burenchev <evg28bur@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: 29 April 2026 2:52 AM
To: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Evgenii Burenchev <evg28bur@xxxxxxxxx>; Karan Tilak Kumar (kartilak) <kartilak@xxxxxxxxx>; Narsimhulu Musini (nmusini) <nmusini@xxxxxxxxx>; Sesidhar Baddela (sebaddel) <sebaddel@xxxxxxxxx>; James.Bottomley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <James.Bottomley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; martin.petersen@xxxxxxxxxx <martin.petersen@xxxxxxxxxx>; linux-scsi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <linux-scsi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [PATCH] snic/vnic_dev: Remove dead store in vnic_dev_discover_res()
 
The assignment 'len = count' for RES_TYPE_INTR_PBA_LEGACY,
RES_TYPE_DEVCMD, and RES_TYPE_DEVCMD2 cases is never used.

Drop the unused assignments to fix the following static analyzer warning.

No functional change.

Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

Signed-off-by: Evgenii Burenchev <evg28bur@xxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Narsimhulu Musini <nmusini@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/scsi/snic/vnic_dev.c | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/snic/vnic_dev.c b/drivers/scsi/snic/vnic_dev.c
index ed7771e62854..22303f827583 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/snic/vnic_dev.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/snic/vnic_dev.c
@@ -132,7 +132,6 @@ static int vnic_dev_discover_res(struct vnic_dev *vdev,
                 case RES_TYPE_INTR_PBA_LEGACY:
                 case RES_TYPE_DEVCMD:
                 case RES_TYPE_DEVCMD2:
-                       len = count;
                         break;
 
                 default:
--
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