It was probably there to trick compilers into ignoring unused variables, which isn't needed in Linux. Signed-off-by: Nicolas Saenz Julienne <nsaenzjulienne@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_shim.c | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_shim.c b/drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_shim.c index 649a65f02578..e09c595d6f9d 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_shim.c +++ b/drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_shim.c @@ -288,8 +288,6 @@ static struct vchi_service *service_alloc(struct vchiq_instance *instance, { struct vchi_service *service = kzalloc(sizeof(struct vchi_service), GFP_KERNEL); - (void)instance; - if (service) { if (!vchiu_queue_init(&service->queue, 64)) { service->callback = setup->callback; -- 2.27.0 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel