Re: [PATCH] net: cls_api: remove unneeded local variable in tc_dump_chain()

From: Jakub Kicinski
Date: Fri Oct 30 2020 - 17:06:45 EST


On Wed, 28 Oct 2020 12:35:33 +0100 Lukas Bulwahn wrote:
> make clang-analyzer on x86_64 defconfig caught my attention with:
>
> net/sched/cls_api.c:2964:3: warning: Value stored to 'parent' is never read
> [clang-analyzer-deadcode.DeadStores]
> parent = 0;
> ^
>
> net/sched/cls_api.c:2977:4: warning: Value stored to 'parent' is never read
> [clang-analyzer-deadcode.DeadStores]
> parent = q->handle;
> ^
>
> Commit 32a4f5ecd738 ("net: sched: introduce chain object to uapi")
> introduced tc_dump_chain() and this initial implementation already
> contained these unneeded dead stores.
>
> Simplify the code to make clang-analyzer happy.
>
> As compilers will detect these unneeded assignments and optimize this
> anyway, the resulting binary is identical before and after this change.
>
> No functional change. No change in object code.
>
> Signed-off-by: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> applies cleanly on current master and next-20201028
>
> Jamal, Cong, Jiri, please ack.
> David, Jakub, please pick this minor non-urgent clean-up patch.

Applied, thanks!