The pointer ip is being initialized with a value that is never read, it
is being re-assigned later on. The assignment is redundant and can be
removed.  Cleans up clang scan warning:

fs/jfs/namei.c:886:16: warning: Value stored to 'ip' during its
initialization is never read [deadcode.DeadStores]

Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@gmail.com>
---

V2: fix commit message "uninitialized" -> "initialized"

---
 fs/jfs/namei.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/jfs/namei.c b/fs/jfs/namei.c
index 029d47065600..57d7a4300210 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/jfs/namei.c
@@ -883,7 +883,7 @@ static int jfs_symlink(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dip,
 	struct component_name dname;
 	u32 ssize;		/* source pathname size */
 	struct btstack btstack;
-	struct inode *ip = d_inode(dentry);
+	struct inode *ip;
 	s64 xlen = 0;
 	int bmask = 0, xsize;
 	s64 xaddr;
-- 
2.39.2

On 8/18/23 10:02AM, Colin Ian King wrote:
> The pointer ip is being initialized with a value that is never read, it
> is being re-assigned later on. The assignment is redundant and can be
> removed.  Cleans up clang scan warning:
> 
> fs/jfs/namei.c:886:16: warning: Value stored to 'ip' during its
> initialization is never read [deadcode.DeadStores]

Looks good. Applied.

> 
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@gmail.com>
> ---
> 
> V2: fix commit message "uninitialized" -> "initialized"
> 
> ---
>   fs/jfs/namei.c | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/jfs/namei.c b/fs/jfs/namei.c
> index 029d47065600..57d7a4300210 100644
> --- a/fs/jfs/namei.c
> +++ b/fs/jfs/namei.c
> @@ -883,7 +883,7 @@ static int jfs_symlink(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dip,
>   	struct component_name dname;
>   	u32 ssize;		/* source pathname size */
>   	struct btstack btstack;
> -	struct inode *ip = d_inode(dentry);
> +	struct inode *ip;
>   	s64 xlen = 0;
>   	int bmask = 0, xsize;
>   	s64 xaddr;