Variable desc is being assigned a value that is never read, the exit via label found immeditely returns with no access to desc. The assignment is redundant and can be removed. Cleans up clang scan muild warning: fs/ext2/ialloc.c:297:4: warning: Value stored to 'desc' is never read [deadcode.DeadStores] Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@xxxxxxxxx> --- fs/ext2/ialloc.c | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/ext2/ialloc.c b/fs/ext2/ialloc.c index a4e1d7a9c544..f50beb77d6ba 100644 --- a/fs/ext2/ialloc.c +++ b/fs/ext2/ialloc.c @@ -294,7 +294,6 @@ static int find_group_orlov(struct super_block *sb, struct inode *parent) best_desc = desc; } if (best_group >= 0) { - desc = best_desc; group = best_group; goto found; } -- 2.39.2