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* [PATCH][next] ext2: remove redundant assignment to pointer end
@ 2023-03-17 14:34 Colin Ian King
  2023-03-21 14:08 ` Jan Kara
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Colin Ian King @ 2023-03-17 14:34 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Jan Kara, linux-ext4; +Cc: kernel-janitors, linux-kernel

Pointer is assigned a value that is never read, the assignment is
redundant and can be removed.

Cleans up clang-scan warning:
fs/ext2/xattr.c:555:3: warning: Value stored to 'end' is never read [deadcode.DeadStores]
                end = (char *)header + sb->s_blocksize;

Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@gmail.com>
---
 fs/ext2/xattr.c | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext2/xattr.c b/fs/ext2/xattr.c
index b126af5f8b15..8906ba479aaf 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/xattr.c
@@ -552,7 +552,6 @@ ext2_xattr_set(struct inode *inode, int name_index, const char *name,
 		error = -ENOMEM;
 		if (header == NULL)
 			goto cleanup;
-		end = (char *)header + sb->s_blocksize;
 		header->h_magic = cpu_to_le32(EXT2_XATTR_MAGIC);
 		header->h_blocks = header->h_refcount = cpu_to_le32(1);
 		last = here = ENTRY(header+1);
-- 
2.30.2


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* Re: [PATCH][next] ext2: remove redundant assignment to pointer end
  2023-03-17 14:34 [PATCH][next] ext2: remove redundant assignment to pointer end Colin Ian King
@ 2023-03-21 14:08 ` Jan Kara
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Jan Kara @ 2023-03-21 14:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Colin Ian King; +Cc: Jan Kara, linux-ext4, kernel-janitors, linux-kernel

On Fri 17-03-23 14:34:20, Colin Ian King wrote:
> Pointer is assigned a value that is never read, the assignment is
> redundant and can be removed.
> 
> Cleans up clang-scan warning:
> fs/ext2/xattr.c:555:3: warning: Value stored to 'end' is never read [deadcode.DeadStores]
>                 end = (char *)header + sb->s_blocksize;
> 
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@gmail.com>

Thanks. I've picked the patch to my tree.

								Honza

> ---
>  fs/ext2/xattr.c | 1 -
>  1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/ext2/xattr.c b/fs/ext2/xattr.c
> index b126af5f8b15..8906ba479aaf 100644
> --- a/fs/ext2/xattr.c
> +++ b/fs/ext2/xattr.c
> @@ -552,7 +552,6 @@ ext2_xattr_set(struct inode *inode, int name_index, const char *name,
>  		error = -ENOMEM;
>  		if (header == NULL)
>  			goto cleanup;
> -		end = (char *)header + sb->s_blocksize;
>  		header->h_magic = cpu_to_le32(EXT2_XATTR_MAGIC);
>  		header->h_blocks = header->h_refcount = cpu_to_le32(1);
>  		last = here = ENTRY(header+1);
> -- 
> 2.30.2
> 
-- 
Jan Kara <jack@suse.com>
SUSE Labs, CR

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