Re: [PATCH] staging: rtlwifi: remove an unused variable

From: Kees Cook
Date: Thu Nov 02 2017 - 19:48:03 EST


On Thu, Nov 2, 2017 at 7:31 AM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The timer conversion patch left a variable behind, and this
> escaped the build testing:
>
> drivers/staging/rtlwifi/base.c: In function 'rtl_watch_dog_timer_callback':
> drivers/staging/rtlwifi/base.c:2167:23: error: unused variable 'hw' [-Werror=unused-variable]
>
> This removes the stale variable as well.
>
> Fixes: f8af6a323368 ("staging: rtlwifi: Convert timers to use timer_setup()")
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/staging/rtlwifi/base.c | 1 -
> 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtlwifi/base.c b/drivers/staging/rtlwifi/base.c
> index 2c693c7aa9d5..c947def37d31 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rtlwifi/base.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtlwifi/base.c
> @@ -2164,7 +2164,6 @@ void rtl_watchdog_wq_callback(void *data)
> void rtl_watch_dog_timer_callback(struct timer_list *t)
> {
> struct rtl_priv *rtlpriv = from_timer(rtlpriv, t, works.watchdog_timer);
> - struct ieee80211_hw *hw = rtlpriv->hw;
>
> queue_delayed_work(rtlpriv->works.rtl_wq,
> &rtlpriv->works.watchdog_wq, 0);
> --
> 2.9.0
>

Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks for catching this! (sfr reported this too.)

-Kees

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Kees Cook
Pixel Security