There is already a 'u8 mask' defined at the top of the function. There is no need to define a new one here. Remove the useless and shadowing new 'mask' variable. Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/ntfs3/bitfunc.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/bitfunc.c b/fs/ntfs3/bitfunc.c index bf10e2da5c6e..50d838093790 100644 --- a/fs/ntfs3/bitfunc.c +++ b/fs/ntfs3/bitfunc.c @@ -119,8 +119,7 @@ bool are_bits_set(const ulong *lmap, size_t bit, size_t nbits) pos = nbits & 7; if (pos) { - u8 mask = fill_mask[pos]; - + mask = fill_mask[pos]; if ((*map & mask) != mask) return false; } -- 2.30.2