When this function returns != CONTINUE, it needs to put the station struct it has acquired. Hence, having this unused variable is not just superfluous but also misleading. Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/mac80211/tx.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) --- everything.orig/net/mac80211/tx.c 2007-12-23 10:09:52.148939344 +0100 +++ everything/net/mac80211/tx.c 2007-12-23 10:09:57.548937012 +0100 @@ -932,7 +932,6 @@ __ieee80211_tx_prepare(struct ieee80211_ struct ieee80211_local *local = wdev_priv(dev->ieee80211_ptr); struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr; struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata; - ieee80211_txrx_result res = TXRX_CONTINUE; int hdrlen; @@ -997,7 +996,7 @@ __ieee80211_tx_prepare(struct ieee80211_ } control->flags |= IEEE80211_TXCTL_FIRST_FRAGMENT; - return res; + return TXRX_CONTINUE; } /* - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html