The pointer secs is assigned a value but it is never read. The pointer is redundant and can be removed. Cleans up clang scan warning: crypto/asymmetric_keys/verify_pefile.c:113:14: warning: Although the value stored to 'secs' is used in the enclosing expression, the value is never actually read from 'secs' [deadcode.DeadStores] Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@xxxxxxxxx> --- crypto/asymmetric_keys/verify_pefile.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/crypto/asymmetric_keys/verify_pefile.c b/crypto/asymmetric_keys/verify_pefile.c index 7553ab18db89..a660e4d68d50 100644 --- a/crypto/asymmetric_keys/verify_pefile.c +++ b/crypto/asymmetric_keys/verify_pefile.c @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ static int pefile_parse_binary(const void *pebuf, unsigned int pelen, const struct pe32plus_opt_hdr *pe64; const struct data_directory *ddir; const struct data_dirent *dde; - const struct section_header *secs, *sec; + const struct section_header *sec; size_t cursor, datalen = pelen; kenter(""); @@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ static int pefile_parse_binary(const void *pebuf, unsigned int pelen, ctx->n_sections = pe->sections; if (ctx->n_sections > (ctx->header_size - cursor) / sizeof(*sec)) return -ELIBBAD; - ctx->secs = secs = pebuf + cursor; + ctx->secs = pebuf + cursor; return 0; } -- 2.33.1