Drop LIST_HEAD where the variable it declares has never been used. The semantic patch that fixes this problem is as follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) // <smpl> @@ identifier x; @@ - LIST_HEAD(x); ... when != x // </smpl> Fixes: 4a533218fccf ("dmaengine: sa11x0: Split device_control") Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@xxxxxxx> --- Successfully 0-day tested on 151 configurations. drivers/dma/sa11x0-dma.c | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/dma/sa11x0-dma.c b/drivers/dma/sa11x0-dma.c index 784d5f1a473b..3fae23768b47 100644 --- a/drivers/dma/sa11x0-dma.c +++ b/drivers/dma/sa11x0-dma.c @@ -705,7 +705,6 @@ static int sa11x0_dma_device_pause(struct dma_chan *chan) struct sa11x0_dma_chan *c = to_sa11x0_dma_chan(chan); struct sa11x0_dma_dev *d = to_sa11x0_dma(chan->device); struct sa11x0_dma_phy *p; - LIST_HEAD(head); unsigned long flags; dev_dbg(d->slave.dev, "vchan %p: pause\n", &c->vc); @@ -732,7 +731,6 @@ static int sa11x0_dma_device_resume(struct dma_chan *chan) struct sa11x0_dma_chan *c = to_sa11x0_dma_chan(chan); struct sa11x0_dma_dev *d = to_sa11x0_dma(chan->device); struct sa11x0_dma_phy *p; - LIST_HEAD(head); unsigned long flags; dev_dbg(d->slave.dev, "vchan %p: resume\n", &c->vc);