From: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> The variable bfa_itnim is initialized twice to the same (side effect-free) expression. Drop one initialization. A simplified version of the semantic match that finds this problem is: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) // <smpl> @forall@ idexpression *x; identifier f!=ERR_PTR; @@ x = f(...) ... when != x ( x = f(...,<+...x...+>,...) | * x = f(...) ) // </smpl> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> Acked-by: Jing Huang <huangj@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/scsi/bfa/bfad_im.c | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff -puN drivers/scsi/bfa/bfad_im.c~drivers-scsi-bfa-bfad_imc-eliminate-useless-code drivers/scsi/bfa/bfad_im.c --- a/drivers/scsi/bfa/bfad_im.c~drivers-scsi-bfa-bfad_imc-eliminate-useless-code +++ a/drivers/scsi/bfa/bfad_im.c @@ -251,7 +251,6 @@ bfad_im_target_reset_send(struct bfad_s struct bfa_itnim_s *bfa_itnim; bfa_status_t rc = BFA_STATUS_OK; - bfa_itnim = bfa_fcs_itnim_get_halitn(&itnim->fcs_itnim); tskim = bfa_tskim_alloc(&bfad->bfa, (struct bfad_tskim_s *) cmnd); if (!tskim) { BFA_DEV_PRINTF(bfad, BFA_ERR, _ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html