The patch titled Subject: maple_tree: avoid duplicate variable init in mast_spanning_rebalance() has been added to the -mm mm-unstable branch. Its filename is maple_tree-avoid-duplicate-variable-init-in-mast_spanning_rebalance.patch This patch will shortly appear at https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/maple_tree-avoid-duplicate-variable-init-in-mast_spanning_rebalance.patch This patch will later appear in the mm-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: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: maple_tree: avoid duplicate variable init in mast_spanning_rebalance() Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2024 11:20:00 +0100 The local variables r_tmp and l_tmp in mast_spanning_rebalance() are already initialized at its declaration; there is no need to assign the value again. Remove the duplicate initialization of {r,l}_tmp. No functional change. Due to common compiler optimizations, also no change to object code. This issue was identified with clang-analyzer's dead stores analysis. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240122102000.29558-1-lukas.bulwahn@xxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@xxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- lib/maple_tree.c | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) --- a/lib/maple_tree.c~maple_tree-avoid-duplicate-variable-init-in-mast_spanning_rebalance +++ a/lib/maple_tree.c @@ -2271,8 +2271,6 @@ bool mast_spanning_rebalance(struct mapl struct ma_state l_tmp = *mast->orig_l; unsigned char depth = 0; - r_tmp = *mast->orig_r; - l_tmp = *mast->orig_l; do { mas_ascend(mast->orig_r); mas_ascend(mast->orig_l); _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from lukas.bulwahn@xxxxxxxxx are maple_tree-avoid-duplicate-variable-init-in-mast_spanning_rebalance.patch