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* [PATCH] mlxsw: spectrum_router: remove redundant initialization of pointer br_dev
@ 2020-05-26 22:56 Colin King
  2020-05-26 23:29 ` Ido Schimmel
  2020-05-27  1:15 ` David Ahern
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Colin King @ 2020-05-26 22:56 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Jiri Pirko, Ido Schimmel, David S . Miller, Jakub Kicinski, netdev
  Cc: kernel-janitors, linux-kernel

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

The pointer br_dev is being initialized with a value that is never read
and is being updated with a new value later on. The initialization
is redundant and can be removed.

Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value")
Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_router.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_router.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_router.c
index 71aee4914619..8f485f9a07a7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_router.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_router.c
@@ -7572,11 +7572,12 @@ static struct mlxsw_sp_fid *
 mlxsw_sp_rif_vlan_fid_get(struct mlxsw_sp_rif *rif,
 			  struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
 {
-	struct net_device *br_dev = rif->dev;
+	struct net_device *br_dev;
 	u16 vid;
 	int err;
 
 	if (is_vlan_dev(rif->dev)) {
+
 		vid = vlan_dev_vlan_id(rif->dev);
 		br_dev = vlan_dev_real_dev(rif->dev);
 		if (WARN_ON(!netif_is_bridge_master(br_dev)))
-- 
2.25.1


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* Re: [PATCH] mlxsw: spectrum_router: remove redundant initialization of pointer br_dev
  2020-05-26 22:56 [PATCH] mlxsw: spectrum_router: remove redundant initialization of pointer br_dev Colin King
@ 2020-05-26 23:29 ` Ido Schimmel
  2020-05-27  1:15 ` David Ahern
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Ido Schimmel @ 2020-05-26 23:29 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Colin King
  Cc: Jiri Pirko, Ido Schimmel, David S . Miller, Jakub Kicinski,
	netdev, kernel-janitors, linux-kernel

On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 11:56:49PM +0100, Colin King wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_router.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_router.c
> index 71aee4914619..8f485f9a07a7 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_router.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_router.c
> @@ -7572,11 +7572,12 @@ static struct mlxsw_sp_fid *
>  mlxsw_sp_rif_vlan_fid_get(struct mlxsw_sp_rif *rif,
>  			  struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
>  {
> -	struct net_device *br_dev = rif->dev;
> +	struct net_device *br_dev;
>  	u16 vid;
>  	int err;
>  
>  	if (is_vlan_dev(rif->dev)) {
> +

Colin, please drop the extra blank line and mention in subject prefix
that the patch is for net-next. Thanks!

>  		vid = vlan_dev_vlan_id(rif->dev);
>  		br_dev = vlan_dev_real_dev(rif->dev);
>  		if (WARN_ON(!netif_is_bridge_master(br_dev)))
> -- 
> 2.25.1
> 

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* Re: [PATCH] mlxsw: spectrum_router: remove redundant initialization of pointer br_dev
  2020-05-26 22:56 [PATCH] mlxsw: spectrum_router: remove redundant initialization of pointer br_dev Colin King
  2020-05-26 23:29 ` Ido Schimmel
@ 2020-05-27  1:15 ` David Ahern
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: David Ahern @ 2020-05-27  1:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Colin King, Jiri Pirko, Ido Schimmel, David S . Miller,
	Jakub Kicinski, netdev
  Cc: kernel-janitors, linux-kernel

On 5/26/20 4:56 PM, Colin King wrote:
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_router.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_router.c
> index 71aee4914619..8f485f9a07a7 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_router.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_router.c
> @@ -7572,11 +7572,12 @@ static struct mlxsw_sp_fid *
>  mlxsw_sp_rif_vlan_fid_get(struct mlxsw_sp_rif *rif,
>  			  struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
>  {
> -	struct net_device *br_dev = rif->dev;
> +	struct net_device *br_dev;
>  	u16 vid;
>  	int err;
>  
>  	if (is_vlan_dev(rif->dev)) {
> +

stray newline added


>  		vid = vlan_dev_vlan_id(rif->dev);
>  		br_dev = vlan_dev_real_dev(rif->dev);
>  		if (WARN_ON(!netif_is_bridge_master(br_dev)))
> 


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