The variable n is being bit-wise or'd with a value and reassigned before being returned. The update of n is redundant, replace the |= operator with | instead. Cleans up clang scan warning: drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c:125:9: warning: Although the value stored to 'n' is used in the enclosing expression, the value is never actually read from 'n' [deadcode.DeadStores] Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c b/drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c index 588889bea7c3..6af111f568e4 100644 --- a/drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c +++ b/drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c @@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ newtag(struct aoedev *d) register ulong n; n = jiffies & 0xffff; - return n |= (++d->lasttag & 0x7fff) << 16; + return n | (++d->lasttag & 0x7fff) << 16; } static u32 -- 2.33.1
