The pointer buf is being assigned a value that is never read, it is
being re-assigned later on closer to where is it required to be set.
The assignment is redundant and can be removed. Cleans up clang
scan build warning:
fs/pipe.c:490:24: warning: Value stored to 'buf' during its
initialization is never read [deadcode.DeadStores]
Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@xxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/pipe.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/fs/pipe.c b/fs/pipe.c
index cc28623a67b6..d19229df66ee 100644
--- a/fs/pipe.c
+++ b/fs/pipe.c
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ pipe_write(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
head = pipe->head;
if (!pipe_full(head, pipe->tail, pipe->max_usage)) {
unsigned int mask = pipe->ring_size - 1;
- struct pipe_buffer *buf = &pipe->bufs[head & mask];
+ struct pipe_buffer *buf;
struct page *page = pipe->tmp_page;
int copied;
--
2.33.1
