From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> The pointer p is being initialized with a value that is never read before the function returns. The assignment is redundant and can be removed. Addresses-Coverity: ("Unused value") Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/ufs/dir.c | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/ufs/dir.c b/fs/ufs/dir.c index b721d0bda5e5..23cb6c8787f3 100644 --- a/fs/ufs/dir.c +++ b/fs/ufs/dir.c @@ -176,7 +176,6 @@ static bool ufs_check_page(struct page *page) rec_len, ufs_get_de_namlen(sb, p)); goto fail; Eend: - p = (struct ufs_dir_entry *)(kaddr + offs); ufs_error(sb, __func__, "entry in directory #%lu spans the page boundary" "offset=%lu", -- 2.31.1