[PATCH] net: ieee802154: remove redundant assignment to rc

[PATCH] net: ieee802154: remove redundant assignment to rc

[Colin King]

From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>

Variable rc is initialized to a value that is never read and it is
re-assigned later. The initialization is redundant and can be removed.

Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value")
Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>
---
 net/ieee802154/socket.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/ieee802154/socket.c b/net/ieee802154/socket.c
index dacbd58e1799..badc5cfe4dc6 100644
--- a/net/ieee802154/socket.c
+++ b/net/ieee802154/socket.c
@@ -1092,7 +1092,7 @@ static struct packet_type ieee802154_packet_type = {
 
 static int __init af_ieee802154_init(void)
 {
-	int rc = -EINVAL;
+	int rc;
 
 	rc = proto_register(&ieee802154_raw_prot, 1);
 	if (rc)
-- 
2.20.1

Re: [PATCH] net: ieee802154: remove redundant assignment to rc

[Stefan Schmidt]

Hello.

On 13.08.19 16:28, Colin King wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>
> 
> Variable rc is initialized to a value that is never read and it is
> re-assigned later. The initialization is redundant and can be removed.
> 
> Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>
> ---
>  net/ieee802154/socket.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/ieee802154/socket.c b/net/ieee802154/socket.c
> index dacbd58e1799..badc5cfe4dc6 100644
> --- a/net/ieee802154/socket.c
> +++ b/net/ieee802154/socket.c
> @@ -1092,7 +1092,7 @@ static struct packet_type ieee802154_packet_type = {
>  
>  static int __init af_ieee802154_init(void)
>  {
> -	int rc = -EINVAL;
> +	int rc;
>  
>  	rc = proto_register(&ieee802154_raw_prot, 1);
>  	if (rc)
> 


This patch has been applied to the wpan tree and will be
part of the next pull request to net. Thanks!

regards
Stefan Schmidt