Re: [PATCH] tty: pty: remove redundant initialization of variable fd

From: Jiri Slaby
Date: Fri May 14 2021 - 02:51:46 EST


On 14. 05. 21, 0:18, Colin King wrote:
From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

The variable fd is being initialized with a value that is never
read, it is being updated later on. The assignment is redundant and
can be removed.

Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value")
Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@xxxxxxxxxx>

---
drivers/tty/pty.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/pty.c b/drivers/tty/pty.c
index 9b5d4ae5d8f2..2251330e7e00 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/pty.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/pty.c
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ static struct cdev ptmx_cdev;
*/
int ptm_open_peer(struct file *master, struct tty_struct *tty, int flags)
{
- int fd = -1;
+ int fd;
struct file *filp;
int retval = -EINVAL;
struct path path;



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