On Sat, Nov 11, 2023 at 09:19:40PM +0000, David Laight wrote: > From: Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@xxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: 11 November 2023 21:02 > > > Variable level is being initialized a value that is never read, the > > > variable is being re-assigned another value several statements later > > > on. The initialization is redundant and can be removed. Cleans up > > > clang scan build warning: > > > > > > fs/bcachefs/btree_iter.c:1217:11: warning: Value stored to 'level' > > > during its initialization is never read [deadcode.DeadStores] > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@xxxxxxxxx> > > > > since we're no longer gnu89, we can simply declare the variable when > > it's first used, like so: > > ugg... I think that is still frowned upon. > It makes it very difficult for the average human to find > the variable declaration. No, it's 2023, there's no good reason to be declaring variables before giving them values.