Re: [PATCH] USB: remove redundant assignment to temp

From: Colin Ian King
Date: Tue Nov 07 2017 - 11:46:05 EST


On 07/11/17 15:42, Alan Stern wrote:
> On Tue, 7 Nov 2017, Colin King wrote:
>
>> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> The variable temp is being set at the end of each loop iteration
>> but this value is never read, it is either being updated in just
>> the case 1 block or at the end of the loop. Thus the assignment
>> is redundant and can be removed. Cleans up clang warning:
>>
>> drivers/usb/host/ehci-dbg.c:840:4: warning: Value stored to 'temp'
>> is never read
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> drivers/usb/host/ehci-dbg.c | 1 -
>> 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/ehci-dbg.c b/drivers/usb/host/ehci-dbg.c
>> index 7fb21d01b3d0..70d4768958be 100644
>> --- a/drivers/usb/host/ehci-dbg.c
>> +++ b/drivers/usb/host/ehci-dbg.c
>> @@ -838,7 +838,6 @@ static ssize_t fill_registers_buffer(struct debug_buffer *buf)
>> default: /* unknown */
>> break;
>> }
>> - temp = (cap >> 8) & 0xff;
>> }
>> }
>> #endif
>
> Good catch, but the solution is wrong. The original code was mistaken;
> it should have said:
>
> offset = (cap >> 8) & 0xff;
>
> You can see that something like this is necessary if you consider the
> code path for the case where (cap & 0xff) != 1 -- the loop would just
> read the same capability value over and over again.

Thanks for pointing that out, makes complete sense.

>
> Would you like to submit a revised patch?

Resent as: "usb: host: fix incorrect updating of offset"
>
> Alan Stern
>
Colin