Variable ptr is being assigned a value from a calculation however the variable is never read, so this redundant variable can be removed. Cleans up the following clang-analyzer warning: drivers/net/can/softing/softing_main.c:279:3: warning: Value stored to 'ptr' is never read [clang-analyzer-deadcode.DeadStores]. drivers/net/can/softing/softing_main.c:242:3: warning: Value stored to 'ptr' is never read [clang-analyzer-deadcode.DeadStores]. Reported-by: Abaci Robot <abaci@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Jiapeng Chong <jiapeng.chong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/can/softing/softing_main.c | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/can/softing/softing_main.c b/drivers/net/can/softing/softing_main.c index c44f341..cfc1325 100644 --- a/drivers/net/can/softing/softing_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/can/softing/softing_main.c @@ -239,7 +239,6 @@ static int softing_handle_1(struct softing *card) DPRAM_INFO_BUSSTATE2 : DPRAM_INFO_BUSSTATE]); /* timestamp */ tmp_u32 = le32_to_cpup((void *)ptr); - ptr += 4; ktime = softing_raw2ktime(card, tmp_u32); ++netdev->stats.rx_errors; @@ -276,7 +275,6 @@ static int softing_handle_1(struct softing *card) ktime = softing_raw2ktime(card, tmp_u32); if (!(msg.can_id & CAN_RTR_FLAG)) memcpy(&msg.data[0], ptr, 8); - ptr += 8; /* update socket */ if (cmd & CMD_ACK) { /* acknowledge, was tx msg */ -- 1.8.3.1