The pointer m is being assigned a value that is never read, it is being re-assigned to a NULL later on. The assignment is redundant and can be removed. Cleans up clang scan build warning: fs/ntfs/file.c:194:3: warning: Value stored to 'm' is never read [deadcode.DeadStores] Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@xxxxxxxxx> --- fs/ntfs/file.c | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/ntfs/file.c b/fs/ntfs/file.c index c481b14e4fd9..56d08374739a 100644 --- a/fs/ntfs/file.c +++ b/fs/ntfs/file.c @@ -191,7 +191,6 @@ static int ntfs_attr_extend_initialized(ntfs_inode *ni, const s64 new_init_size) err = -EIO; goto err_out; } - m = ctx->mrec; a = ctx->attr; BUG_ON(!a->non_resident); BUG_ON(old_i_size != (loff_t) -- 2.37.3