Re: [PATCH][next] bpf: remove redundant assignment to err

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On Mon,  3 Jun 2019 18:02:47 +0100, Colin King wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> The variable err is assigned with the value -EINVAL that is never
> read and it is re-assigned a new value later on.  The assignment is
> redundant and can be removed.
> 
> Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  kernel/bpf/devmap.c | 2 +-
>  kernel/bpf/xskmap.c | 2 +-
>  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/bpf/devmap.c b/kernel/bpf/devmap.c
> index 5ae7cce5ef16..a76cc6412fc4 100644
> --- a/kernel/bpf/devmap.c
> +++ b/kernel/bpf/devmap.c
> @@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ static u64 dev_map_bitmap_size(const union bpf_attr *attr)
>  static struct bpf_map *dev_map_alloc(union bpf_attr *attr)
>  {
>  	struct bpf_dtab *dtab;
> -	int err = -EINVAL;
> +	int err;
>  	u64 cost;

Perhaps keep the variables ordered longest to shortest?

>  	if (!capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN))
> diff --git a/kernel/bpf/xskmap.c b/kernel/bpf/xskmap.c
> index 22066c28ba61..26859c6c9491 100644
> --- a/kernel/bpf/xskmap.c
> +++ b/kernel/bpf/xskmap.c
> @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ struct xsk_map {
>  
>  static struct bpf_map *xsk_map_alloc(union bpf_attr *attr)
>  {
> -	int cpu, err = -EINVAL;
> +	int cpu, err;
>  	struct xsk_map *m;
>  	u64 cost;

And here.




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