Pointer dev is being assigned a value that is never used, the assignment and the variable are redundant and can be removed. Also replace null check with the preferred !ptr idiom. Cleans up clang scan warning: net/x25/x25_proc.c:94:26: warning: Although the value stored to 'dev' is used in the enclosing expression, the value is never actually read from 'dev' [deadcode.DeadStores] Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@xxxxxxxxx> --- net/x25/x25_proc.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/x25/x25_proc.c b/net/x25/x25_proc.c index 3bddcbdf2e40..91a2aade3960 100644 --- a/net/x25/x25_proc.c +++ b/net/x25/x25_proc.c @@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ static int x25_seq_socket_show(struct seq_file *seq, void *v) { struct sock *s; struct x25_sock *x25; - struct net_device *dev; const char *devname; if (v == SEQ_START_TOKEN) { @@ -91,7 +90,7 @@ static int x25_seq_socket_show(struct seq_file *seq, void *v) s = sk_entry(v); x25 = x25_sk(s); - if (!x25->neighbour || (dev = x25->neighbour->dev) == NULL) + if (!x25->neighbour || !x25->neighbour->dev) devname = "???"; else devname = x25->neighbour->dev->name; -- 2.35.1