On Mon, Oct 05, 2020 at 09:37:49PM +0100, Sudip Mukherjee wrote: > 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. True, but in this case, please move the definition of "first" into the else block so it in only in scope there. Thanks! -Kees > > 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 > -- Kees Cook
