The pointer p is being assigned with a value that is never read. The pointer is being re-assigned a different value inside the do-while loop. The assignment is redundant and can be removed. Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@xxxxxxxxx> --- fs/cifs/cifsfs.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c index d3f3acf340f1..61091eed8c65 100644 --- a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c +++ b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c @@ -775,7 +775,7 @@ cifs_get_root(struct smb3_fs_context *ctx, struct super_block *sb) sep = CIFS_DIR_SEP(cifs_sb); dentry = dget(sb->s_root); - p = s = full_path; + s = full_path; do { struct inode *dir = d_inode(dentry); -- 2.32.0