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SubjectRe: [PATCH] greybus: remove unused header variable in gb_operation_message_alloc()
On Sat, Jan 28, 2023 at 07:57:06AM -0800, Tom Rix wrote:
> cppcheck reports
> drivers/greybus/operation.c:365:31: style: Variable 'header' is not assigned a value. [unassignedVariable]
> struct gb_operation_msg_hdr *header;
> ^

That's not a real problem.

> header is only used to calculate the size of the messge. This can be done without a variable
> but rather with calling sizeof() with the struct type.
>
> Fixes: dc779229b538 ("greybus: introduce gb_operation_message_init()")

This is not a bug that is being fixed.

> Signed-off-by: Tom Rix <trix@redhat.com>
> ---
> drivers/greybus/operation.c | 3 +--
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/greybus/operation.c b/drivers/greybus/operation.c
> index 8459e9bc0749..9d322fc6531b 100644
> --- a/drivers/greybus/operation.c
> +++ b/drivers/greybus/operation.c
> @@ -362,8 +362,7 @@ gb_operation_message_alloc(struct gb_host_device *hd, u8 type,
> size_t payload_size, gfp_t gfp_flags)
> {
> struct gb_message *message;
> - struct gb_operation_msg_hdr *header;
> - size_t message_size = payload_size + sizeof(*header);
> + size_t message_size = payload_size + sizeof(struct gb_operation_msg_hdr);

The compiler does not use any extra room for header, so this should be
fine, it's not a real issue.

cppcheck almost never finds anything real, be careful...

thanks,

greg k-h

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