The pointer super is being assigned a value that is not being read, it is being re-assigned later. The assignment is redundant and can be removed. Cleans up clang scan warning: drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/tx.c:192:34: warning: Value stored to 'super' during its initialization is never read [deadcode.DeadStores] Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/tx.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/tx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/tx.c index 6bb9aa2bfe65..e902ca80eba7 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/tx.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/carl9170/tx.c @@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ static void carl9170_tx_accounting_free(struct ar9170 *ar, struct sk_buff *skb) static int carl9170_alloc_dev_space(struct ar9170 *ar, struct sk_buff *skb) { - struct _carl9170_tx_superframe *super = (void *) skb->data; + struct _carl9170_tx_superframe *super; unsigned int chunks; int cookie = -1; -- 2.39.2