Commit 8410d38c2552 ("loop: use __register_blkdev to allocate devices on demand") simplified loop_init(); so computing the range of the block region is not required anymore and can be dropped. Drop dead assignments in loop_init(). As compilers will detect these unneeded assignments and optimize this, the resulting object code is identical before and after this change. No functional change. No change in object code. Signed-off-by: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@xxxxxxxxx> --- Christoph, please ack. Jens, please pick this minor non-urgent clean-up patch on your block -next tree on top of Christoph's commit above. drivers/block/loop.c | 3 --- 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c index d2ce1ddc192d..eed4bc5ef5c5 100644 --- a/drivers/block/loop.c +++ b/drivers/block/loop.c @@ -2304,7 +2304,6 @@ MODULE_ALIAS("devname:loop-control"); static int __init loop_init(void) { int i, nr; - unsigned long range; struct loop_device *lo; int err; @@ -2343,10 +2342,8 @@ static int __init loop_init(void) */ if (max_loop) { nr = max_loop; - range = max_loop << part_shift; } else { nr = CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP_MIN_COUNT; - range = 1UL << MINORBITS; } err = misc_register(&loop_misc); -- 2.17.1