On Sat, Nov 25, 2017 at 9:38 PM, Kenneth Lu <kuohsianglu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > To get rid of W=1 warning: variable ‘ies_len’ set but not used. > Variable ies_len is being assigned but never read. > > Signed-off-by: Kenneth Lu <kuohsianglu@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/cfg80211.c | 2 -- > 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/cfg80211.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/cfg80211.c > index b53eb2b..2ba8cf3 100644 > --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/cfg80211.c > +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/cfg80211.c > @@ -2766,7 +2766,6 @@ static int ath6kl_start_ap(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *dev, > struct ieee80211_mgmt *mgmt; > bool hidden = false; > u8 *ies; > - int ies_len; > struct wmi_connect_cmd p; > int res; > int i, ret; > @@ -2804,7 +2803,6 @@ static int ath6kl_start_ap(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *dev, > ies = mgmt->u.beacon.variable; > if (ies > info->beacon.head + info->beacon.head_len) > return -EINVAL; > - ies_len = info->beacon.head + info->beacon.head_len - ies; > > if (info->ssid == NULL) > return -EINVAL; Oddly, ies_len was never even used in the original patch that added it. Probably used in some debugging code that was stripped before submitting. Seems safe to kill it. Reviewed-by: Steve deRosier <derosier@xxxxxxxxx> - Steve