The patch titled Subject: lib/ts_bm.c: remove redundant store to variable consumed after addition has been added to the -mm mm-nonmm-unstable branch. Its filename is lib-ts_bmc-remove-redundant-store-to-variable-consumed-after-addition.patch This patch will shortly appear at https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/lib-ts_bmc-remove-redundant-store-to-variable-consumed-after-addition.patch This patch will later appear in the mm-nonmm-unstable branch at git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next via the mm-everything branch at git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm and is updated there every 2-3 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: lib/ts_bm.c: remove redundant store to variable consumed after addition Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2022 22:53:25 +0100 There is no need to store the result of the addition back to variable consumed after the addition. The store is redundant, replace += with just + Cleans up clang scan build warning: lib/ts_bm.c:83:11: warning: Although the value stored to 'consumed' is used in the enclosing expression, the value is never actually read from 'consumed' [deadcode.DeadStores] Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220704215325.600993-1-colin.i.king@xxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- lib/ts_bm.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/lib/ts_bm.c~lib-ts_bmc-remove-redundant-store-to-variable-consumed-after-addition +++ a/lib/ts_bm.c @@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ static unsigned int bm_find(struct ts_co /* London calling... */ DEBUGP("found!\n"); - return consumed += (shift-(bm->patlen-1)); + return consumed + (shift-(bm->patlen-1)); next: bs = bm->bad_shift[text[shift-i]]; _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from colin.i.king@xxxxxxxxx are lib-ts_bmc-remove-redundant-store-to-variable-consumed-after-addition.patch