make clang-analyzer on x86_64 defconfig caught my attention with: drivers/clk/clk.c:423:19: warning: Value stored to 'parent' during its initialization is never read [clang-analyzer-deadcode.DeadStores] struct clk_core *parent = ERR_PTR(-ENOENT); ^ Commit fc0c209c147f ("clk: Allow parents to be specified without string names") introduced clk_core_fill_parent_index() with this unneeded dead-store initialization. So, simply remove this unneeded dead-store initialization to make clang-analyzer happy. As compilers will detect this unneeded assignment and optimize this anyway, the resulting object code is identical before and after this change. No functional change. No change to object code. Signed-off-by: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@xxxxxxxxx> --- applies cleanly on current master and next-20201106 Stephen, Michael, please pick this minor non-urgent clean-up patch. drivers/clk/clk.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/clk/clk.c b/drivers/clk/clk.c index f83dac54ed85..ba35bf35bcd3 100644 --- a/drivers/clk/clk.c +++ b/drivers/clk/clk.c @@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ static struct clk_core *clk_core_get(struct clk_core *core, u8 p_index) static void clk_core_fill_parent_index(struct clk_core *core, u8 index) { struct clk_parent_map *entry = &core->parents[index]; - struct clk_core *parent = ERR_PTR(-ENOENT); + struct clk_core *parent; if (entry->hw) { parent = entry->hw->core; -- 2.17.1