[PATCH] drivers/char/agp: Remove unnecessary variable assignment in agp_generic_create_gatt_table()

Gautam Menghani posted 1 patch 3 years, 10 months ago
drivers/char/agp/generic.c | 1 -
1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
[PATCH] drivers/char/agp: Remove unnecessary variable assignment in agp_generic_create_gatt_table()
Posted by Gautam Menghani 3 years, 10 months ago
Remove unnecessary variable assignment in the function
agp_generic_create_gatt_table(). This fixes the clang scan warnings:

warning: Value stored to 'page_order' is never read [deadcode.DeadStores]
        page_order = num_entries = 0;

warning: Although the value stored to 'num_entries' is used in the
enclosing expression, the value is never actually read from 'num_entries'
[deadcode.DeadStores]

Signed-off-by: Gautam Menghani <gautammenghani201@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/char/agp/generic.c | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/char/agp/generic.c b/drivers/char/agp/generic.c
index 3ffbb1c80c5c..046ef61132f6 100644
--- a/drivers/char/agp/generic.c
+++ b/drivers/char/agp/generic.c
@@ -864,7 +864,6 @@ int agp_generic_create_gatt_table(struct agp_bridge_data *bridge)
 	table = NULL;
 	i = bridge->aperture_size_idx;
 	temp = bridge->current_size;
-	page_order = num_entries = 0;
 
 	if (bridge->driver->size_type != FIXED_APER_SIZE) {
 		do {
-- 
2.34.1
Re: [PATCH] drivers/char/agp: Remove unnecessary variable assignment in agp_generic_create_gatt_table()
Posted by Shuah Khan 3 years, 10 months ago
On 6/16/22 12:19 PM, Gautam Menghani wrote:
> Remove unnecessary variable assignment in the function
> agp_generic_create_gatt_table(). This fixes the clang scan warnings:
> 
> warning: Value stored to 'page_order' is never read [deadcode.DeadStores]
>          page_order = num_entries = 0;
> 
> warning: Although the value stored to 'num_entries' is used in the
> enclosing expression, the value is never actually read from 'num_entries'
> [deadcode.DeadStores]
> 
> Signed-off-by: Gautam Menghani <gautammenghani201@gmail.com>
> ---
>   drivers/char/agp/generic.c | 1 -
>   1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/char/agp/generic.c b/drivers/char/agp/generic.c
> index 3ffbb1c80c5c..046ef61132f6 100644
> --- a/drivers/char/agp/generic.c
> +++ b/drivers/char/agp/generic.c
> @@ -864,7 +864,6 @@ int agp_generic_create_gatt_table(struct agp_bridge_data *bridge)
>   	table = NULL;
>   	i = bridge->aperture_size_idx;
>   	temp = bridge->current_size;
> -	page_order = num_entries = 0;

It would be safe to initialize page_order and num_entries when
they are declared a few lines above.

>   
>   	if (bridge->driver->size_type != FIXED_APER_SIZE) {
>   		do {
> 

thanks,
-- Shuah
[PATCH v2] Remove unnecessary variable assignment in agp_generic_create_gatt_table()
Posted by Gautam Menghani 3 years, 10 months ago
Remove unnecessary variable assignments in the function
agp_generic_create_gatt_table(). This fixes the clang scan warnings:

warning: Value stored to 'page_order' is never read [deadcode.DeadStores]
        page_order = num_entries = 0;

warning: Although the value stored to 'num_entries' is used in the
enclosing expression, the value is never actually read from 'num_entries'
[deadcode.DeadStores]

Signed-off-by: Gautam Menghani <gautammenghani201@gmail.com>
---
changes in v2:
1. Initialize the variables where they are declared.

 drivers/char/agp/generic.c | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/char/agp/generic.c b/drivers/char/agp/generic.c
index 3ffbb1c80c5c..7fe72c07647d 100644
--- a/drivers/char/agp/generic.c
+++ b/drivers/char/agp/generic.c
@@ -851,8 +851,8 @@ int agp_generic_create_gatt_table(struct agp_bridge_data *bridge)
 {
 	char *table;
 	char *table_end;
-	int page_order;
-	int num_entries;
+	int page_order = 0;
+	int num_entries = 0;
 	int i;
 	void *temp;
 	struct page *page;
@@ -864,7 +864,6 @@ int agp_generic_create_gatt_table(struct agp_bridge_data *bridge)
 	table = NULL;
 	i = bridge->aperture_size_idx;
 	temp = bridge->current_size;
-	page_order = num_entries = 0;
 
 	if (bridge->driver->size_type != FIXED_APER_SIZE) {
 		do {
-- 
2.34.1