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. Also remove variable best_desc since this is not used. 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> --- V2: Also remove best_desc. Kudos to Dan Carpenter for spottin this extra janitorial cleanup. --- fs/ext2/ialloc.c | 3 --- 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/ext2/ialloc.c b/fs/ext2/ialloc.c index a4e1d7a9c544..34cd5dc1da23 100644 --- a/fs/ext2/ialloc.c +++ b/fs/ext2/ialloc.c @@ -273,7 +273,6 @@ static int find_group_orlov(struct super_block *sb, struct inode *parent) if ((parent == d_inode(sb->s_root)) || (EXT2_I(parent)->i_flags & EXT2_TOPDIR_FL)) { - struct ext2_group_desc *best_desc = NULL; int best_ndir = inodes_per_group; int best_group = -1; @@ -291,10 +290,8 @@ static int find_group_orlov(struct super_block *sb, struct inode *parent) continue; best_group = group; best_ndir = le16_to_cpu(desc->bg_used_dirs_count); - best_desc = desc; } if (best_group >= 0) { - desc = best_desc; group = best_group; goto found; } -- 2.39.2