The variable 'first' is assigned 0 inside the while loop in the if block but it is not used in the if block and is only used in the else block. So, remove the unneeded assignment. Signed-off-by: Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@xxxxxxxxx> --- The resultant binary stayed same after this change. Verified with md5sum which remained same with and without this change. $ md5sum kernel/sysctl.o e9e97adbfd3f0b32f83dd35d100c0e4e kernel/sysctl.o kernel/sysctl.c | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c index ce75c67572b9..b51ebfd1ba6e 100644 --- a/kernel/sysctl.c +++ b/kernel/sysctl.c @@ -1508,7 +1508,6 @@ int proc_do_large_bitmap(struct ctl_table *table, int write, } bitmap_set(tmp_bitmap, val_a, val_b - val_a + 1); - first = 0; proc_skip_char(&p, &left, '\n'); } left += skipped; -- 2.11.0
