The variable scb is assigned a value but it is never read. The assignment is redundant and can be removed. Also replace the != NULL check with the more usual non-null check idiom. Cleans up clang scan build warning: drivers/scsi/initio.c:1169:9: warning: Although the value stored to 'scb' is used in the enclosing expression, the value is never actually read from 'scb' [deadcode.DeadStores] Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/scsi/initio.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/initio.c b/drivers/scsi/initio.c index f585d6e5fab9..375261d67619 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/initio.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/initio.c @@ -1166,7 +1166,7 @@ static void tulip_scsi(struct initio_host * host) return; } if (host->jsint & (TSS_FUNC_COMP | TSS_BUS_SERV)) { /* func complete or Bus service */ - if ((scb = host->active) != NULL) + if (host->active) initio_next_state(host); return; } -- 2.35.3