The pointer buf is being assigned a value that is never read, it is being re-assigned later on closer to where is it required to be set. The assignment is redundant and can be removed. Cleans up clang scan build warning: fs/pipe.c:490:24: warning: Value stored to 'buf' during its initialization is never read [deadcode.DeadStores] Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@xxxxxxxxx> --- fs/pipe.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/pipe.c b/fs/pipe.c index cc28623a67b6..d19229df66ee 100644 --- a/fs/pipe.c +++ b/fs/pipe.c @@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ pipe_write(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from) head = pipe->head; if (!pipe_full(head, pipe->tail, pipe->max_usage)) { unsigned int mask = pipe->ring_size - 1; - struct pipe_buffer *buf = &pipe->bufs[head & mask]; + struct pipe_buffer *buf; struct page *page = pipe->tmp_page; int copied; -- 2.33.1