The pointer super is being assigned a value that is not being read, it
is being re-assigned later. The assignment is redundant and can be
removed.

Cleans up clang scan warning:
drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/tx.c:192:34: warning: Value stored to
'super' during its initialization is never read [deadcode.DeadStores]

Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/tx.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/tx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/tx.c
index 6bb9aa2bfe65..e902ca80eba7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/tx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/tx.c
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ static void carl9170_tx_accounting_free(struct ar9170 *ar, struct sk_buff *skb)
 
 static int carl9170_alloc_dev_space(struct ar9170 *ar, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
-	struct _carl9170_tx_superframe *super = (void *) skb->data;
+	struct _carl9170_tx_superframe *super;
 	unsigned int chunks;
 	int cookie = -1;
 
-- 
2.39.2

Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@gmail.com> wrote:

> The pointer super is being assigned a value that is not being read, it
> is being re-assigned later. The assignment is redundant and can be
> removed.
> 
> Cleans up clang scan warning:
> 
> drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/tx.c:192:34: warning: Value stored to
> 'super' during its initialization is never read [deadcode.DeadStores]
> 
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@gmail.com>
> Acked-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <quic_kvalo@quicinc.com>

Patch applied to ath-next branch of ath.git, thanks.

b53adefc884c wifi: carl9170: Remove redundant assignment to pointer super

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On 2/7/24 18:15, Colin Ian King wrote:
> The pointer super is being assigned a value that is not being read, it
> is being re-assigned later. The assignment is redundant and can be
> removed.
> 
> Cleans up clang scan warning:
> drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/tx.c:192:34: warning: Value stored to
> 'super' during its initialization is never read [deadcode.DeadStores]
> 
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@gmail.com>

> ---
>   drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/tx.c | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/tx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/tx.c
> index 6bb9aa2bfe65..e902ca80eba7 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/tx.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/tx.c
> @@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ static void carl9170_tx_accounting_free(struct ar9170 *ar, struct sk_buff *skb)
>   
>   static int carl9170_alloc_dev_space(struct ar9170 *ar, struct sk_buff *skb)
>   {
> -	struct _carl9170_tx_superframe *super = (void *) skb->data;
> +	struct _carl9170_tx_superframe *super;
>   	unsigned int chunks;
>   	int cookie = -1;
>

Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@gmail.com> writes:

> The pointer super is being assigned a value that is not being read, it
> is being re-assigned later. The assignment is redundant and can be
> removed.
>
> Cleans up clang scan warning:
> drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/tx.c:192:34: warning: Value stored to
> 'super' during its initialization is never read [deadcode.DeadStores]
>
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@gmail.com>

Same here, "wifi:" missing. I can add it, no need to resend because of
this.

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