From: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> The variable num_group_tail_writes is initialized but never used otherwise. The semantic patch that makes this change is as follows: (http://www.emn.fr/x-info/coccinelle/) // <smpl> @@ type T; identifier i; constant C; @@ ( extern T i; | - T i; <+... when != i - i = C; ...+> ) // </smpl> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_main.c | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) diff -u -p a/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_main.c b/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_main.c --- a/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_main.c 2008-03-12 14:13:13.000000000 +0100 +++ b/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_main.c 2008-03-15 11:16:23.000000000 +0100 @@ -2088,14 +2088,12 @@ ixgb_alloc_rx_buffers(struct ixgb_adapte struct ixgb_buffer *buffer_info; struct sk_buff *skb; unsigned int i; - int num_group_tail_writes; long cleancount; i = rx_ring->next_to_use; buffer_info = &rx_ring->buffer_info[i]; cleancount = IXGB_DESC_UNUSED(rx_ring); - num_group_tail_writes = IXGB_RX_BUFFER_WRITE; /* leave three descriptors unused */ while(--cleancount > 2) { -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html