The variable "len" gets assigned once and it's value copied to "n", which is then used for the rest of the function. This patch fixes the unnecessary variable reassignment by using "len" throughout the function instead. Signed-off-by: Jakob Østergaard Jensen <jakob.jensen.91@xxxxxxxxx> --- v2: Changed variable name in comment to reflect code change. v3: Wrote proper patch description. drivers/tty/serial/jsm/jsm_tty.c | 10 ++++------ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/jsm/jsm_tty.c b/drivers/tty/serial/jsm/jsm_tty.c index 524e86a..723169a 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/serial/jsm/jsm_tty.c +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/jsm/jsm_tty.c @@ -529,7 +529,6 @@ void jsm_input(struct jsm_channel *ch) int data_len; unsigned long lock_flags; int len = 0; - int n = 0; int s = 0; int i = 0; @@ -598,16 +597,15 @@ void jsm_input(struct jsm_channel *ch) jsm_dbg(READ, &ch->ch_bd->pci_dev, "start 2\n"); len = tty_buffer_request_room(port, data_len); - n = len; /* - * n now contains the most amount of data we can copy, + * len now contains the most amount of data we can copy, * bounded either by the flip buffer size or the amount * of data the card actually has pending... */ - while (n) { + while (len) { s = ((head >= tail) ? head : RQUEUESIZE) - tail; - s = min(s, n); + s = min(s, len); if (s <= 0) break; @@ -638,7 +636,7 @@ void jsm_input(struct jsm_channel *ch) tty_insert_flip_string(port, ch->ch_rqueue + tail, s); } tail += s; - n -= s; + len -= s; /* Flip queue if needed */ tail &= rmask; } -- 2.5.0 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-serial" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html