Pointer buf is being assigned a value that is not being read, buf is being re-assigned in the next starement. The assignment is redundant and can be removed. Cleans up clang scan build warning: kernel/relay.c:443:8: warning: Although the value stored to 'buf' is used in the enclosing expression, the value is never actually read from 'buf' [deadcode.DeadStores] Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@xxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/relay.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/relay.c b/kernel/relay.c index d1a67fbb819d..6a611e779e95 100644 --- a/kernel/relay.c +++ b/kernel/relay.c @@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ int relay_prepare_cpu(unsigned int cpu) mutex_lock(&relay_channels_mutex); list_for_each_entry(chan, &relay_channels, list) { - if ((buf = *per_cpu_ptr(chan->buf, cpu))) + if (*per_cpu_ptr(chan->buf, cpu)) continue; buf = relay_open_buf(chan, cpu); if (!buf) { -- 2.35.1