Re: [PATCH linux-next] ipv6/esp6: Remove structure variables and alignment statements

[Steffen Klassert]

On Thu, Nov 04, 2021 at 03:19:31AM +0000, cgel.zte@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: luo penghao <luo.penghao@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> The definition of this variable is just to find the length of the
> structure after aligning the structure. The PTR alignment function
> is to optimize the size of the structure. In fact, it doesn't seem
> to be of much use, because both members of the structure are of
> type u32.
> So I think that the definition of the variable and the
> corresponding alignment can be deleted, the value of extralen can
> be directly passed in the size of the structure.
> 
> The clang_analyzer complains as follows:
> 
> net/ipv6/esp6.c:117:27 warning:
> 
> Value stored to 'extra' during its initialization is never read
> 
> Reported-by: Zeal Robot <zealci@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: luo penghao <luo.penghao@xxxxxxxxxx>

Applied to ipsec-next, thanks!