Variable split_flag1 is being assigned a value that is never read, it is being re-assigned a new value in the following code block. The assignment is redundant and can be removed. Cleans up clang scan build warning: fs/ext4/extents.c:3371:2: warning: Value stored to 'split_flag1' is never read [deadcode.DeadStores] Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@xxxxxxxxx> --- fs/ext4/extents.c | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c index c0f3f83e0c1b..0d98cf402282 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/extents.c +++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c @@ -3368,7 +3368,6 @@ static int ext4_split_extent(handle_t *handle, return -EFSCORRUPTED; } unwritten = ext4_ext_is_unwritten(ex); - split_flag1 = 0; if (map->m_lblk >= ee_block) { split_flag1 = split_flag & EXT4_EXT_DATA_VALID2; -- 2.34.1