The variable 'env_start' has only been used for the if condition before this assignment and is never read after this. So, remove the assignement. Signed-off-by: Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@xxxxxxxxx> --- fs/proc/base.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c index aa69c35d904c..238925ff3a80 100644 --- a/fs/proc/base.c +++ b/fs/proc/base.c @@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ static ssize_t get_mm_cmdline(struct mm_struct *mm, char __user *buf, * only when it overflows into the environment area. */ if (env_start != arg_end || env_end < env_start) - env_start = env_end = arg_end; + env_end = arg_end; len = env_end - arg_start; /* We're not going to care if "*ppos" has high bits set */ -- 2.11.0