Re: [PATCH] bpf: Remove unneeded variable

[Andrii Nakryiko]

On Tue, Jun 13, 2023 at 11:29 PM <xuanzhenggang001@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Fix the following coccicheck warning:
>
> arch/x86/net/bpf_jit_comp32.c:1274:5-8: Unneeded variable: "cnt".
>
> Signed-off-by: Zhenggang Xuan <xuanzhenggang001@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>   arch/x86/net/bpf_jit_comp32.c | 3 +--
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/net/bpf_jit_comp32.c
> b/arch/x86/net/bpf_jit_comp32.c
> index 429a89c5468b..bc71329ac5ed 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/net/bpf_jit_comp32.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/net/bpf_jit_comp32.c
> @@ -1271,7 +1271,6 @@ static void emit_epilogue(u8 **pprog, u32
> stack_depth)
>   static int emit_jmp_edx(u8 **pprog, u8 *ip)
>   {
>       u8 *prog = *pprog;
> -    int cnt = 0;
>
>   #ifdef CONFIG_RETPOLINE
>       EMIT1_off32(0xE9, (u8 *)__x86_indirect_thunk_edx - (ip + 5));

EMIT macroses are updating this cnt. Have you tested this patch by any chance?

> @@ -1280,7 +1279,7 @@ static int emit_jmp_edx(u8 **pprog, u8 *ip)
>   #endif
>       *pprog = prog;
>
> -    return cnt;
> +    return 0;
>   }
>
>   /*
>