From: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@xxxxxxx> Delete unnecessary local variable whose value is always 0 and that hides the fact that the result is always 0. A simplified version of the semantic patch that fixes this problem is as follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) // <smpl> @r exists@ local idexpression ret; expression e; position p; @@ -ret = 0; ... when != ret = e return - ret + 0 ; // </smpl> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@xxxxxxx> --- net/ipv4/netfilter/arp_tables.c | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/arp_tables.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/arp_tables.c index f95b6f9..89f6737 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/arp_tables.c +++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/arp_tables.c @@ -1289,9 +1289,8 @@ compat_copy_entry_from_user(struct compat_arpt_entry *e, void **dstptr, struct xt_target *target; struct arpt_entry *de; unsigned int origsize; - int ret, h; + int h; - ret = 0; origsize = *size; de = (struct arpt_entry *)*dstptr; memcpy(de, e, sizeof(struct arpt_entry)); @@ -1312,7 +1311,7 @@ compat_copy_entry_from_user(struct compat_arpt_entry *e, void **dstptr, if ((unsigned char *)de - base < newinfo->underflow[h]) newinfo->underflow[h] -= origsize - *size; } - return ret; + return 0; } static int translate_compat_table(const char *name, -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter-devel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html