Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Mon, 26 Apr 2021 14:24:50 +0200 | From | Marc Kleine-Budde <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] can: softing: Remove redundant variable ptr |
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On 26.04.2021 18:08:16, Jiapeng Chong wrote: > Variable ptr is being assigned a value from a calculation > however the variable is never read, ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
This is not 100% correct.
The variable ptr is read from, see a line directly above the line this patch removes.
> so this redundant variable can be removed.
This patch doesn't remove the variable.
> Cleans up the following clang-analyzer warning: > > drivers/net/can/softing/softing_main.c:279:3: warning: Value stored to > 'ptr' is never read [clang-analyzer-deadcode.DeadStores]. > > drivers/net/can/softing/softing_main.c:242:3: warning: Value stored to > 'ptr' is never read [clang-analyzer-deadcode.DeadStores].
The clang warning is more precise: the value stored to ptr in the calculations this patch removes is not used, so the calculation and the assignment can be removed.
> Reported-by: Abaci Robot <abaci@linux.alibaba.com> > Signed-off-by: Jiapeng Chong <jiapeng.chong@linux.alibaba.com> > --- > drivers/net/can/softing/softing_main.c | 2 -- > 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/net/can/softing/softing_main.c b/drivers/net/can/softing/softing_main.c > index c44f341..cfc1325 100644 > --- a/drivers/net/can/softing/softing_main.c > +++ b/drivers/net/can/softing/softing_main.c > @@ -239,7 +239,6 @@ static int softing_handle_1(struct softing *card) > DPRAM_INFO_BUSSTATE2 : DPRAM_INFO_BUSSTATE]); > /* timestamp */ > tmp_u32 = le32_to_cpup((void *)ptr); > - ptr += 4; > ktime = softing_raw2ktime(card, tmp_u32); > > ++netdev->stats.rx_errors; > @@ -276,7 +275,6 @@ static int softing_handle_1(struct softing *card) > ktime = softing_raw2ktime(card, tmp_u32); > if (!(msg.can_id & CAN_RTR_FLAG)) > memcpy(&msg.data[0], ptr, 8); > - ptr += 8; > /* update socket */ > if (cmd & CMD_ACK) { > /* acknowledge, was tx msg */ > -- > 1.8.3.1 > >
Marc
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