Re: [PATCH][next] ocfs2: remove redundant assignment to variable bit_off

From: Joseph Qi
Date: Fri Jun 23 2023 - 04:03:48 EST




On 6/22/23 6:27 PM, Colin Ian King wrote:
> Variable bit_off is being assigned a value that is never read, it is
> being re-assigned a new value in the following while loop. Remove the
> assignment. Cleans up clang scan build warning:
>
> fs/ocfs2/localalloc.c:976:18: warning: Although the value stored to
> 'bit_off' is used in the enclosing expression, the value is never
> actually read from 'bit_off' [deadcode.DeadStores]
>
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@xxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Joseph Qi <joseph.qi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> fs/ocfs2/localalloc.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/localalloc.c b/fs/ocfs2/localalloc.c
> index c4426d12a2ad..c803c10dd97e 100644
> --- a/fs/ocfs2/localalloc.c
> +++ b/fs/ocfs2/localalloc.c
> @@ -973,7 +973,7 @@ static int ocfs2_sync_local_to_main(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
> la_start_blk = ocfs2_clusters_to_blocks(osb->sb,
> le32_to_cpu(la->la_bm_off));
> bitmap = la->la_bitmap;
> - start = count = bit_off = 0;
> + start = count = 0;
> left = le32_to_cpu(alloc->id1.bitmap1.i_total);
>
> while ((bit_off = ocfs2_find_next_zero_bit(bitmap, left, start))