Re: [PATCH] sfc: Remove redundant assignment of variable rc

From: Dan Carpenter
Date: Fri Oct 08 2021 - 01:33:46 EST


On Thu, Oct 07, 2021 at 06:50:36PM +0100, Colin King wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> The variable rc is being assigned a value that is never read, it is
> never accessed after the assignment. The assignment is redundant and
> can be removed.
>
> Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ptp.c | 2 --
> 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ptp.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ptp.c
> index a39c5143b386..f5198d6a3d43 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ptp.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/ptp.c
> @@ -1141,8 +1141,6 @@ static void efx_ptp_xmit_skb_mc(struct efx_nic *efx, struct sk_buff *skb)
>
> skb_tstamp_tx(skb, &timestamps);
>
> - rc = 0;
> -

You can remove the initializer at the start of the function as well.

regards,
dan carpenter