Re: [PATCH] video: fbdev: core: fbmon.c: Cleaning up useless assignment of function parameter

From: Geert Uytterhoeven
Date: Mon Jul 07 2014 - 16:43:48 EST


On Sun, Jul 6, 2014 at 7:25 PM, Rickard Strandqvist
<rickard_strandqvist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Remove assignment of function parameter, that has no effect outside the function
>
> This was found using a static code analysis program called cppcheck
>
> Signed-off-by: Rickard Strandqvist <rickard_strandqvist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmon.c | 1 -
> 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmon.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmon.c
> index 5b0e313..71ec1ab 100644
> --- a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmon.c
> +++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmon.c
> @@ -1481,7 +1481,6 @@ int fb_parse_edid(unsigned char *edid, struct fb_var_screeninfo *var)
> }
> void fb_edid_to_monspecs(unsigned char *edid, struct fb_monspecs *specs)
> {
> - specs = NULL;

I guess the intention was:

memset(specs, 0, sizeof(struct fb_monspecs));

> }
> void fb_edid_add_monspecs(unsigned char *edid, struct fb_monspecs *specs)
> {

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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