Re: [PATCH] block: drop dead assignments in loop_init()

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On Fri, 11 Dec 2020, Lukas Bulwahn wrote:

> Commit 8410d38c2552 ("loop: use __register_blkdev to allocate devices on
> demand") simplified loop_init(); so computing the range of the block region
> is not required anymore and can be dropped.
>
> Drop dead assignments in loop_init().
>
> As compilers will detect these unneeded assignments and optimize this,
> the resulting object code is identical before and after this change.
>
> No functional change. No change in object code.

It looks like some braces should be dropped too?

julia

>
> Signed-off-by: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Christoph, please ack.
>
> Jens, please pick this minor non-urgent clean-up patch on your
> block -next tree on top of Christoph's commit above.
>
>  drivers/block/loop.c | 3 ---
>  1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
> index d2ce1ddc192d..eed4bc5ef5c5 100644
> --- a/drivers/block/loop.c
> +++ b/drivers/block/loop.c
> @@ -2304,7 +2304,6 @@ MODULE_ALIAS("devname:loop-control");
>  static int __init loop_init(void)
>  {
>  	int i, nr;
> -	unsigned long range;
>  	struct loop_device *lo;
>  	int err;
>
> @@ -2343,10 +2342,8 @@ static int __init loop_init(void)
>  	 */
>  	if (max_loop) {
>  		nr = max_loop;
> -		range = max_loop << part_shift;
>  	} else {
>  		nr = CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP_MIN_COUNT;
> -		range = 1UL << MINORBITS;
>  	}
>
>  	err = misc_register(&loop_misc);
> --
> 2.17.1
>
>



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