On 2020-11-06, Lukas Bulwahn <[email protected]> wrote: > make clang-analyzer on x86_64 defconfig caught my attention with: > > kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.c:885:3: warning: > Value stored to 'desc' is never read [clang-analyzer-deadcode.DeadStores] > desc = to_desc(desc_ring, head_id); > ^ > > Commit b6cf8b3f3312 ("printk: add lockless ringbuffer") introduced > desc_reserve() with this unneeded dead-store assignment. > > As discussed with John Ogness privately, this is probably just some minor > left-over from previous iterations of the ringbuffer implementation. So, > simply remove this unneeded dead assignment to make clang-analyzer happy. > > As compilers will detect this unneeded assignment and optimize this anyway, > the resulting object code is identical before and after this change. > > No functional change. No change to object code. > > Signed-off-by: Lukas Bulwahn <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: John Ogness <[email protected]>
