Assigning value -EINVAL to "retval" here, but that stored value is overwritten before it can be used. retval = -EINVAL; .... retval = rw_verify_area(WRITE, out.file, &out_pos, count); value_overwrite: Overwriting previous write to "retval" with value from rw_verify_area delete invalid assignment statements Signed-off-by: n00202754 <nixiaoming@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/read_write.c | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/read_write.c b/fs/read_write.c index 153f8f6..9ab202c 100644 --- a/fs/read_write.c +++ b/fs/read_write.c @@ -1407,7 +1407,6 @@ static ssize_t do_sendfile(int out_fd, int in_fd, loff_t *ppos, goto fput_in; if (!(out.file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE)) goto fput_out; - retval = -EINVAL; in_inode = file_inode(in.file); out_inode = file_inode(out.file); out_pos = out.file->f_pos; -- 2.10.1
