Variable first is set to '0', but this value is never read as it is not used later on, hence it is a redundant assignment and can be removed. Clean up the following clang-analyzer warning: kernel/sysctl.c:1562:4: warning: Value stored to 'first' is never read [clang-analyzer-deadcode.DeadStores]. Reported-by: Abaci Robot <abaci@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Jiapeng Chong <jiapeng.chong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/sysctl.c | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c index 14edf84..58beeba 100644 --- a/kernel/sysctl.c +++ b/kernel/sysctl.c @@ -1559,7 +1559,6 @@ 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; -- 1.8.3.1