Variable first is set to '0', but this value is never read as it is not used later on, hence it is a redundant assignment and can be removed. Clean up the following clang-analyzer warning: kernel/sysctl.c:1562:4: warning: Value stored to 'first' is never read [clang-analyzer-deadcode.DeadStores]. Reported-by: Abaci Robot <abaci@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Jiapeng Chong <jiapeng.chong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Changes in v2: -For the follow advice: https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/1422497/ kernel/sysctl.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c index 14edf84..23de0d9 100644 --- a/kernel/sysctl.c +++ b/kernel/sysctl.c @@ -1474,7 +1474,6 @@ int proc_do_large_bitmap(struct ctl_table *table, int write, void *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos) { int err = 0; - bool first = 1; size_t left = *lenp; unsigned long bitmap_len = table->maxlen; unsigned long *bitmap = *(unsigned long **) table->data; @@ -1559,12 +1558,12 @@ int proc_do_large_bitmap(struct ctl_table *table, int write, } bitmap_set(tmp_bitmap, val_a, val_b - val_a + 1); - first = 0; proc_skip_char(&p, &left, '\n'); } left += skipped; } else { unsigned long bit_a, bit_b = 0; + bool first = 1; while (left) { bit_a = find_next_bit(bitmap, bitmap_len, bit_b); -- 1.8.3.1